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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Capacitor.
(b) Fuse.
(c) Electrode.
(d) Switch.

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

3. What refers to a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Adjective.
(d) Synonym.

4. Who does Diana run out to search for in Act 2, Scene 9?
(a) Henry.
(b) Dr. Fine.
(c) Dan.
(d) Natalie.

5. What overlapping ballad is sung by Natalie and Diana in Act 2, Scene 11?
(a) "You Don't Know".
(b) "Light".
(c) "Just Another Day".
(d) "Maybe / Next to Normal".

6. What does Dan take from Diana and break in Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) The music box.
(b) A watch.
(c) A toy.
(d) A vase.

7. 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) "Remember."
(b) "Question."
(c) "Know anything."
(d) "Have fear."

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

9. Diana sings that she believes her real problem is not in her mind but in what, in Act 2, Scene 10?
(a) Her heart.
(b) Her soul.
(c) Her eyes.
(d) Her lungs.

10. Where are Natalie and Henry when they first appear in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) A boat show.
(b) The library.
(c) Outside a dance club.
(d) A police station.

11. In a reprise of what song in Act 2, Scene 10 do Diana and Gabe both resist the idea of more talk and electroshock therapy?
(a) "Catch Me I'm Falling".
(b) "I Am the One".
(c) "Wish I Were Here".
(d) "Seconds and Years".

12. As Diana goes out in Act 2, Scene 9, Henry says he'll wait for Natalie where?
(a) At the dance.
(b) At the library.
(c) On the football field.
(d) At a gas station.

13. In Act 2, Scene 6, an argument almost erupts between Henry and Natalie, but Henry defuses it by saying he'll come by when to take her to the dance?
(a) On Wednesday morning.
(b) The next weekend.
(c) The following night.
(d) The fifth of the month.

14. In Act 2, Scene 9, Gabe appears, singing that he is "more than" what?
(a) Memory.
(b) Ghost.
(c) Death.
(d) Human.

15. What haunting ballad does Diana sing in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) "So Anyway".
(b) "Song of Forgetting".
(c) "You Don't Know".
(d) "He's Not Here".

Short Answer 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?

2. What does Henry want to take Natalie to in Act 2, Scene 3?

3. What refers to a comparatively non-aggressive, melodic style of rock music in which the arrangement and lyrics are emphasized more than the beat?

4. What reprise is sung by Natalie and Henry in Act 2, Scene 12?

5. In Act 2, Scene 10, Diana insists there should be no limit on the amount of time she can be allowed to do what?

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