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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 are Veta Simmons and Ruth Kelly talking about?
(a) The latest hit song on the radio.
(b) The conditions at Chumley's Rest.
(c) Elwood Dowd.
(d) The weather.

2. What does Veta Simmons tell Elwood Dowd to do?
(a) Wait in the parlor.
(b) Get out of her house.
(c) Help in the kitchen.
(d) Quit playing games.

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

4. What is the name of the main character's niece?
(a) Veta Simmons.
(b) Myrtle Mae Simmons.
(c) Ethel Chauvenet.
(d) Miss Johnson.

5. Who is speaking to Veta Simmons as the scene opens?
(a) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.
(b) Dr. William Chumley.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Ruth Kelly, a nurse at the sanitarium.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. William Chumley suggest that Dr. Lyman Sanderson can use on Veta Simmons for her treatment?

2. According to the dialogue in this scene between Veta SImmons and Ethel Chauvenet, do the two women see each other often?

3. At one point in this scene, Veta Simmons asks Myrtle Mae Simmons to verify what?

4. According to the sanitarium staff, who entered the sanitarium with Elwood Dowd?

5. What seems to be the main obstacle for Veta Simmons' full acceptance by the town's society folk?

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