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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 does Elwood Dowd tell Ethel Chauvenet when she reacts to his casual conversation with his invisible friend?
(a) That Harvey favors her and will bless her home.
(b) She better be good or Harvey will get her.
(c) That all their lives are in danger if Harvey is not appeased.
(d) Not to be alarmed.

2. How does Elwood Dowd speak to Mrs. Greenawalt?
(a) Very sadly.
(b) Very abstractly.
(c) Very politely.
(d) Very rudely.

3. What does Dr. Lyman Sanderson claim about Veta Simmons' mental condition?
(a) He believes she is too eager to leave the sanitarium.
(b) He believes she cannot tell the truth.
(c) He thinks her condition is very serious.
(d) He believes that she has endured Elwood Dowd's insanity well.

4. Where does this scene take place?
(a) The Dowd mansion.
(b) The sanitarium, Chumley's Rest.
(c) A field just outside of town.
(d) The local supermarket.

5. Who are discussing the treatment to be given to Veta Simmons?
(a) Dr. Lyman Sanderson, Wilson, and Myrtle Mae Simmons.
(b) Dr. William Chumley, Myrtle Mae Simmons, and Ruth Kelly.
(c) Dr. William Chumley, Wilson, and Ruth Kelly.
(d) Dr. William Chumley, Dr. Lyman Sanderson, and Ruth Kelly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Betty Chumley and Wilson are left alone at the end of this scene. What do they talk about?

2. Where does Wilson say he left Veta Simmons after he took her upstairs in the sanitarium?

3. What does Dr. William Chumley do to Dr. Lyman Sanderson when he finds out they admitted the wrong patient?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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