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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens whenever Elwood Dowd tries to introduce Harvey to the sanitarium staff?
(a) He is laughed at.
(b) He is interrupted each time.
(c) He is ignored.
(d) He is asked to leave.

2. Which character was selected to be the associate doctor at the sanitarium?
(a) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.
(b) Dr. William B. Chumley.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Miss Johnson.

3. What is Veta Simmons' reaction whenever Elwood Dowd's invisible friend's name is mentioned?
(a) She becomes angry.
(b) She refers to her invisible friend by name.
(c) She sighs and flops down in a chair.
(d) She giggles and goes back to her business.

4. What does Dr. Lyman Sanderson believe about Veta Simmons?
(a) She might be an alcoholic.
(b) She is in too much of a hurry to leave.
(c) She is very attractive for an older woman.
(d) She could be very dangerous.

5. Which of these characters is constantly being visited by a pooka?
(a) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.
(b) Elwood Dowd.
(c) Ethel Chauvenet.
(d) Myrtle Mae Simmons.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Mrs. Greenawalt try to sell Elwood Dowd over the phone?

3. What does Elwood Dowd tell Ethel Chauvenet when she reacts to his casual conversation with his invisible friend?

4. How do the employees of the sanitarium regard Dr. William Chumley?

5. What does Dr. Lyman Sanderson posit as the reason why Veta Simmons came to Chumley's Rest?

(see the answer key)

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