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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What refers to the intentional taking of one's own life?
(a) Homicide.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Euthanasia.
(d) Assault.
2. Who does Diana comment was as "high-spirited" as she is when speaking with her new doctor in Act 1, Scene 8?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her brother.
3. Where does Henry visit Natalie in Act 1, Scene 9?
(a) At a shopping mall.
(b) In an internet cafe.
(c) At a park.
(d) Backstage at a concert.
4. What song does Gabe sing in Act 1, Scene 8?
(a) "The Break".
(b) "I Miss the Mountains".
(c) "You Don't Know".
(d) "I'm Alive".
5. What song does Dan sing accompanied with the Voices in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) "So Anyway".
(b) "Better Than Before".
(c) "It's Gonna Be Good".
(d) "There's a World".
Short Answer Questions
1. How many Tony Awards did Next to Normal win the year it was nominated for eleven awards?
2. What word means to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize?
3. What word means lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid?
4. 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?
5. What does Gabe say in Act 1, Scene 8, indicating that he is alive not only to Diana, but in other ways to Dan and Natalie too?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Dan sing about in the song "It's Gonna Be Good"? Where is he?
2. What is sung about and by whom in the songs "Who's Crazy" / "My Psychopharmacologist and I"?
3. How does Gabe's character stand apart from the others in Act 1, Scene 9?
4. What new doctor does Diana see in Act 1, Scene 8? What is revealed about her medical history?
5. What irony can be seen by the reader or audience member in the character of Gabe?
6. What takes place at the family dinner in Act 1, Scene 5?
7. Describe the symbolic and metaphoric elements in Act 1, Scenes 10 and 11. What object becomes important in these scenes and why?
8. Describe the structural elements which stand out in the first scenes of Act 1. How is musical improvisation used as a literary technique?
9. What structurally takes place in Act 1, Scenes 10 and 11? What film is references in these scenes?
10. How is the music used in expressing the inner thoughts of the characters in Act 1?
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