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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 does Henry want to take Natalie to in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) A movie.
(b) The circus.
(c) A dance.
(d) Dinner.

2. In Act 2, Scene 11, Diana meets Natalie, telling her that she's going to take Natalie where?
(a) To the dance.
(b) To the movies.
(c) To the dentist.
(d) To the park.

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

4. What slow ballad is sung by Diana and Dan in Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) "Make Up Your Mind".
(b) "I Miss the Mountains".
(c) "How Could I Ever Forget".
(d) "You Don't Know".

5. 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) "Seconds and Years".
(d) "Wish I Were 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 haunting ballad does Diana sing in Act 2, Scene 2?

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

4. What theatrical term refers to the shutting off of stage lights?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Dan attempt to show Diana in Act 2, Scene 4? What makes Natalie almost leave?

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

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

5. What reprise is sung by Diana in Act 2, Scene 7? What conversation takes place between Diana and Dr. Madden in this scene?

6. What does Natalie confess in the song "Next to Normal" in Act 2, Scene 11?

7. What is revealed in the conversation between Henry and Natalie in Act 2, Scene 12?

8. What does Natalie show Diana in Act 2, Scene 4? What effect does it have?

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

10. What is the conclusion of Diana's and Dr. Madden's disagreement in Act 2, Scene 10?

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