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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What in musical theater refers to a musical number in which music, ideas and even some text are sung again some time after being sung the first time?
(a) Chord.
(b) Ballad.
(c) Reprise.
(d) Octone.

2. Who does Dr. Madden reference, stopping the conversation cold between him and Diana in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) Dan.
(b) Henry.
(c) Gabe.
(d) Natalie.

3. Natalie confesses in Act 2, Scene 11 that she once wished what?
(a) She could leave Henry.
(b) Dan would die.
(c) Dan could leave Diana.
(d) Diana would die.

4. What song does Dr. Madden sing, along with Diana and Dan in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) "I Am the One".
(b) "Light".
(c) "Seconds and Years".
(d) "Song of Forgetting".

5. In Act 2, Scene 2, Natalie comments ironically on how good the treatment is - her mother's mind is "so pure / that she doesn't _____."
(a) "Question."
(b) "Remember."
(c) "Know anything."
(d) "Have fear."

6. What happens to Natalie as Diana's body is taken into the treatment room in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) She has a siezure.
(b) She starts to cry.
(c) She starts bleeding.
(d) She collapses.

7. What song is sung by Gabe in reprise in Act 2, Scene 9?
(a) "Perfect for You".
(b) "I'm Alive".
(c) "Song of Forgetting".
(d) "The Break".

8. In Act 2, Scene 11, Natalie sings that normal is too far away, but that she'd settle for something what?
(a) "I Am the One".
(b) "You Don't Know".
(c) "Next to Normal".
(d) "I Miss the Mountains".

9. By what name does Diana refer to her doctor in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Dr. Smith.
(b) Dr. Cooper.
(c) Dr. Ford.
(d) Dr. Mitchell.

10. What theatrical term refers to the shutting off of stage lights?
(a) Footlights.
(b) Blackout.
(c) Stage-left.
(d) Twilight.

11. What object appears along with Gabe in the ending of Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) A photo album.
(b) The toaster.
(c) The music box.
(d) A watch.

12. Who arrives after Dan goes upstairs to bed in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Gabe.
(b) Henry.
(c) Diana.
(d) Dr. Fine.

13. Who pursues Dan in exiting Act 2, Scene 9?
(a) Diana.
(b) Henry.
(c) Natalie.
(d) Gabe.

14. What does Henry claim could potentially happen, which would be perfect, in Act 2, Scene 12?
(a) Natalie could become famous.
(b) They could have children.
(c) The could become extremely wealthy.
(d) They could both go crazy.

15. What song is sung by Doctor Madden, Dan, Natalie and Diana in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) "You Don't Know".
(b) "It's Gonna Be Good".
(c) "Better than Before".
(d) "I Miss the Mountains".

Short Answer Questions

1. What is defined as a musical composition for two voices or instruments?

2. What refers to a conductor through which a current enters or leaves a nonmetallic medium, as an electrolytic cell, arc generator, vacuum tube, or gaseous discharge tube?

3. Natalie claims in Act 2, Scene 1 that she deserves to party because her mother is being what?

4. In Act 2, Scene 9, Natalie tells Henry she can't go to the dance because she has to do what?

5. What slow ballad is sung by Diana and Dan in Act 2, Scene 8?

(see the answer keys)

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