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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the probable reason why Veta Simmons wants to get in with the town's society crowd?
(a) To get better psychiatric care for Elwood Dowd.
(b) To find a good husband for her daughter, Myrtle Mae Simmons.
(c) To hold frequent book readings in her home.
(d) To improve her financial status.

2. What is Ethel Chauvenet's reaction to Elwood Dowd's imaginary friend?
(a) She is horrified and wants to get away.
(b) She calls the sanitarium immediately.
(c) She is oddly accepting of it.
(d) She introduces Elwood Dowd to her own imaginary friend.

3. What does Elwood Dowd get from behind a book on the bookcase?
(a) A pair of reading glasses.
(b) An atlas of Europe.
(c) A bottle of arsenic.
(d) A bottle of liquor.

4. With whom does Veta Simmons speak next on the telephone?
(a) Dr. William Chumley.
(b) Mrs. Greenawalt.
(c) The plumber.
(d) Ethel Chauvenet.

5. What does Elwood Dowd tell Ethel Chauvenet when she reacts to his casual conversation with his invisible friend?
(a) That all their lives are in danger if Harvey is not appeased.
(b) She better be good or Harvey will get her.
(c) That Harvey favors her and will bless her home.
(d) Not to be alarmed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ethel Chauvenet is key in the first scene because ______________________.

2. What is the name of the main character's niece?

3. In what room does Elwood Dowd wait when the ladies excuse themselves?

4. How is Elwood Dowd dressed when we first see him?

5. What is the name of the main character's invisible friend?

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