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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Next to Normal close on Broadway?
(a) January 16, 2011.
(b) June 11, 2010.
(c) September 4, 2008.
(d) March 24, 2009.

2. Diana reveals what to Dan in Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) She tried to overdose on her pills.
(b) She misses her son.
(c) She's stopped taking her medications.
(d) She hates her doctor.

3. In what year was Next to Normal nominated for eleven Tony Awards?
(a) 2000.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2005.

4. What refers to a type of affective disorder characterized by euphoric mood, excessive activity and talkativeness, impaired judgment, and sometimes psychotic symptoms, as grandiose delusions?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Manic disorder.
(c) Autism.
(d) Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

5. What lightly textured waltz tune does Diana sing in Act 1, Scene 10?
(a) "How Could I Ever Forget".
(b) "Didn't I See This Movie".
(c) "I Dreamed a Dance".
(d) "Song of Forgetting".

Short Answer Questions

1. What song does Dan sing as he tidies up in Act 1, Scene 11?

2. What drug do Natalie and Henry use in Act 1, Scene 4?

3. What song do Natalie and Henry sing in Act 2, Scene 3?

4. Dan reassures both Natalie and Diana in Act 2, Scene 2 that memories don't what?

5. Who appears and sings along with Dan using no words in Act 1, Scene 11?

(see the answer key)

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