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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 this scene take place?
(a) A field near town.
(b) The sanitarium.
(c) The police station.
(d) The Dowd library.

2. What does Veta Simmons ask the judge to do?
(a) Execute a restraining order on Wilson.
(b) Sue the sanitarium.
(c) Help her to her room.
(d) Take her out to dinner.

3. According to the phone conversation at the beginning of this scene, who has gone missing for four hours?
(a) Dr. William Chumley.
(b) Elwood Dowd.
(c) Mrs. Greenawalt.
(d) Veta Simmons.

4. What is the name of Dr. William Chumley's wife?
(a) Doreen Chumley.
(b) Christine Chumley.
(c) Barbara Chumley.
(d) Betty Chumley.

5. To whom is Myrtle Mae Simmons immediately attracted?
(a) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.
(b) Judge Gaffney.
(c) Dr. William Chumley.
(d) Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Lyman Sanderson believe about Veta Simmons?

2. What one word best sums up the type of humor in this scene?

3. What detail about Elwood Dowd does Veta Simmons originally reveal to Dr. Lyman Sanderson?

4. According to Judge Gaffney, what are some of Elwood Dowd's strong points?

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?

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