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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. What song in Act 2, Scene 1 is sung by Diana and Natalie?
(a) "Seconds and Years".
(b) "Wish I Were Here".
(c) "Everything Else".
(d) "Superboy and the Invisible Girl".

2. What refers to a comparatively non-aggressive, melodic style of rock music in which the arrangement and lyrics are emphasized more than the beat?
(a) Soft rock.
(b) Punk rock.
(c) Industrial.
(d) Death metal.

3. Who played the character of Dan in the original Broadway cast of Next to Normal?
(a) Asa Somers.
(b) Aaron Tveit
(c) Louis Hobson.
(d) J. Robert Spencer.

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) Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
(b) Manic disorder.
(c) Autism.
(d) Schizophrenia.

5. Who comments that Dan doesn't truly care about what happened to him or about what is happening to Diana in Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) Natalie.
(b) Henry.
(c) Gabe.
(d) Diana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to anything, as an act or event, that serves as a stimulus and initiates or precipitates a reaction or series of reactions?

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

3. In Act 1, Scene 5, Dan sings at work that things have been good at home for what period of time?

4. How long is Diana's treatment set to last in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?

5. In Act 1, Scene 2, music plays a classical sounding piano part with some light orchestral accompaniment in the style of what composer?

(see the answer key)

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