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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does this scene take place?
2. What does Ruth Kelly ask Elwood Dowd when she first sees him in this scene?
3. Who enters with a bouquet of flowers for Ruth Kelly?
4. Veta Simmons informs Dr. William Chumley that she knows where Elwood Dowd is. Where is he?
5. How did Harvey receive his name, according to Elwood Dowd?
Short Essay Questions
1. In one or two sentences, describe how the evening's events transpired, according to Elwood Dowd.
2. Which other characters do you think are starting to believe in Harvey by the end of this scene? Why do they do this?
3. Veta Simmons and Dr. William Chumley argue a great deal in this scene. What in general is the argument about?
4. What becomes clear about Elwood Dowd in this scene?
5. According to Elwood Dowd, how did Harvey get his name?
6. Why does Elwood Dowd enter the sanitarium with flowers for Ruth Kelly?
7. When Elwood Dowd mentions to Ruth Kelly that he has things he needs to do, what is he referring to?
8. What do you think Elwood Dowd meant when he confesses "I wrestled with reality for forty years and I am happy to state that I finally won out over it"?
9. Who enters the sanitarium toward the end of this scene? What is this person's emotional state?
10. With whom does Elwood Dowd speak to on the phone when he arrives home and what does he talk about?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the characters of Elwood Dowd with Dr. William Chumley. How are they different? How are they alike? Would these two character have grown closer together had Elwood Dowd never brought up Harvey? Why or why not? Which one of the two do you believe is more sane?
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the play "Harvey", Mary Chase weaves a theme about how humans need to hold onto their dreams. This is best articulated by Veta Simmons when she is speaking with Judge Gaffney in Act 2, Scene 1. Do you believe the author is trying to say that, although Harvey may not be real, it is important for people to believe in something beyond themselves that, ultimately, makes them better? Please support your thesis from examples based on the text.
Essay Topic 3
In Act 1, Scene 2, where Elwood Dowd is taken to the sanitarium by Veta Simmons, there is a lot of comic miscommunication occurring. All of the various characters have an incomplete understanding of the situation, which makes Veta Simmons' situation at once comical and tragic. Please find three examples from this scene about how poor communications can create very different results from what was originally intended.
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