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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dan bring Diana a box of in Act 1, Scene 10?
(a) A puppy.
(b) A kitten.
(c) Food.
(d) Gabe's things.

2. Who vents her anger at being the child always disregarded in favor of her parents' concern about her brother in Act 1, Scene 7?
(a) Selma.
(b) Diana.
(c) Natalie.
(d) Nancy.

3. 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) Conflict.
(b) Trigger.
(c) Catalyst.
(d) Antagonist.

4. Natalie claims in Act 2, Scene 1 that she deserves to party because her mother is being what?
(a) Crazy.
(b) Forgetful.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Electrocuted.

5. What is the title of the song sung by Natalie in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) "Everything Else".
(b) "Just Another Day".
(c) "I'm Alive".
(d) "I Dreamed a Dance".

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What word (in a dramatic or literary work) refers to a decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot?

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

4. Who is the protagonist's husband in Next to Normal?

5. What happens to Natalie as Diana's body is taken into the treatment room in Act 2, Scene 1?

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