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

2. What song is sung by Henry and Dan in Act 2, Scene 9?
(a) "He's Not Here".
(b) "A Promise".
(c) "So Anyway".
(d) "I Dreamed a Dance".

3. What refers to a division of a play or of an act of a play, usually representing what passes between certain of the actors in one place?
(a) Scene.
(b) Clip.
(c) Chapter.
(d) Montage.

4. 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) "Have fear."
(c) "Question."
(d) "Know anything."

5. 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) Reprise.
(b) Octone.
(c) Chord.
(d) Ballad.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his song solo in Act 2, Scene 5, Gabe compares electroshock therapy to what?

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

3. In Act 2, Scene 11, Diana meets Natalie, telling her that she's going to take Natalie where?

4. Who arrives after Dan goes upstairs to bed in Act 2, Scene 5?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed about the character of Natalie in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. What interaction takes place between Henry and Natalie in Act 2, Scene 6?

3. What does Diana reveal to Natalie in their brief scene in Act 2, Scene 11?

4. What is symbolized in the song "Next to Normal" in the musical?

5. What song is sung together by Natalie and Diana in Act 2, Scene 1? What does it reveal?

6. What do Henry and Natalie witness between Diana and Dan in Act 2, Scene 8?

7. What song does Gabe sing in Act 2, Scene 5? What metaphor is used in the song?

8. What question does Diana pose to Dr. Madden in Act 2, Scene 10? What is Madden's reply?

9. How do the scenes flow between Act 2 Scenes 7 and 8? What does this represent symbolically?

10. What object does Gabe give Diana in Act 2, Scene 8? What song is sung?

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