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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. Where does Dr. Lyman Sanderson claim to have seen Ruth Kelly last Saturday?
(a) At the mall.
(b) At a restaurant.
(c) At a dance.
(d) At a cocktail party.

2. What detail about Elwood Dowd does Veta Simmons originally reveal to Dr. Lyman Sanderson?
(a) Elwood Dowd is too organized.
(b) Elwood Dowd is delirious.
(c) Elwood Dowd is a widower.
(d) Elwood Dowd is a drinker.

3. Who is ultimately locked up in the sanitarium in this scene?
(a) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Veta Simmons.
(d) Myrtle Mae Simmons.

4. Who enters with a bouquet of flowers for Ruth Kelly?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Veta Simmons.
(c) Elwood Dowd.
(d) Dr. William Chumley.

5. What reason does the nurse, Ruth Kelly, give to Dr. Lyman Sanderson for wanting the two of them to join Elwood Dowd for drinks later that night?
(a) Elwood Dowd was pitiful and sad and needed company.
(b) Elwood Dowd could teach them how to drink flaming shots.
(c) Elwood Dowd is such a gentleman.
(d) Elwood Dowd promised to pay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wilson read at the end of this scene?

2. What does Veta Simmons confess to Dr. Lyman Sanderson about Harvey?

3. What does Veta Simmons tell Dr. William Chumley about her brother, Elwood Dowd?

4. How did Harvey receive his name, according to Elwood Dowd?

5. What is the name of the orderly in Chumley's rest?

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