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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who holds back Wilson when he tries to physically assault Elwood Dowd?
(a) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.
(b) Ruth Kelly.
(c) Veta Simmons.
(d) Dr. William Chumley.

2. What does Myrtle Mae Simmons bring into the room as proof her uncle is not well?
(a) A diary written by Elwood Dowd to Harvey.
(b) A large flat parcel.
(c) A collection of rabbit-themed dinner plates.
(d) A sculpture of Plato.

3. Veta Simmons was extremely upset by the doctors' questions at Chumley's Rest because they all related to _______________.
(a) Potty training.
(b) Sexual urges.
(c) Giant rabbits.
(d) Celtic mythology.

4. Throughout this scene, who remains adamant that Elwood Dowd be locked up in the sanitarium?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Veta Simmons.
(c) Myrtle Mae Simmons.
(d) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.

5. Betty Chumley and Wilson are left alone at the end of this scene. What do they talk about?
(a) What a tremendous mistake it was to admit Veta Simmons.
(b) When the office would be remodeled.
(c) How polite Elwood Dowd is.
(d) What a Pooka is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Myrtle Mae Simmons' attitude toward Elwood Dowd?

2. How does Judge Gaffney feel about Elwood Dowd being locked up in the sanitarium?

3. Where does Dr. Lyman Sanderson claim to have seen Ruth Kelly last Saturday?

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

5. What are Myrtle Mae Simmons and her mother primarily trying to achieve?

(see the answer key)

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