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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning?
(a) Lie.
(b) Irony.
(c) Heresy.
(d) Rhetoric.

2. What refers to anything, as an act or event, that serves as a stimulus and initiates or precipitates a reaction or series of reactions?
(a) Trigger.
(b) Conflict.
(c) Catalyst.
(d) Antagonist.

3. What word refers to anything, as an act or event, that serves as a stimulus and initiates or precipitates a reaction or series of reactions?
(a) Truth.
(b) Trigger.
(c) Conflict.
(d) Convolution.

4. What song does Dan sing as he tidies up in Act 1, Scene 11?
(a) "I Am the One".
(b) "I Miss the Mountains".
(c) "I Dreamed a Dance".
(d) "I've Been".

5. In what year did Next to Normal win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2008.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song does Dan sing in reply to Diana's song in Act 1, Scene 6?

2. In Act 1, Scene 7, Gabe appears and sings with Natalie about "the son of steel and the daughter of" what?

3. What was the name of the previous musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama before Next to Normal?

4. What is Gabe wearing when he appears in Act 1, Scene 10?

5. What refers to instructions written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements?

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