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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. William Chumley want to know about Elwood Dowd?
(a) If Harvey is with Elwood Dowd.
(b) If Elwood Dowd really sees something the rest of them don't.
(c) If Elwood Dowd would save him a seat at Charlie's Place.
(d) Where Elwood Dowd is.

2. What is Veta Simmons' reaction when she sees the portrait of Elwood Dowd and Harvey on the mantle?
(a) She shrieks and runs out of the room.
(b) She nearly faints.
(c) She laughs uncontrollably.
(d) She pretends she doesn't see it.

3. Who comes to the house, asking about Veta Simmons?
(a) Mrs. Greenawalt.
(b) Judge Gaffney.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.

4. What is the name of the orderly in Chumley's rest?
(a) Dr. William Chumley.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.
(d) Dr. Saul Rubinek.

5. What does Ruth Kelly ask Elwood Dowd when she first sees him in this scene?
(a) Where Dr. William Chumley is.
(b) How Harvey is doing.
(c) Where the library is.
(d) How Veta Simmons is doing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Lyman Sanderson claim about Veta Simmons' mental condition?

2. Myrtle Mae Simmons insists that the judge do what?

3. What does Elwood Dowd find in Myrtle Mae Simmons' package?

4. What does Dr. Lyman Sanderson posit as the reason why Veta Simmons came to Chumley's Rest?

5. According to the sanitarium staff, who entered the sanitarium with Elwood Dowd?

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