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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Judge Gaffney, what are some of Elwood Dowd's strong points?
(a) Creative, strong, and quick-witted.
(b) Brains, personality and friends.
(c) Absent-minded, helpful.
(d) Dashing, forceful, and brave.

2. Who else besides Elwood Dowd can see his invisible friend?
(a) Just Elwood Dowd's immediate family.
(b) No-one else.
(c) Whomever the invisible friend wishes to see it.
(d) Anyone Elwood Dowd introduces his friend to.

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

4. Who is ultimately locked up in the sanitarium in this scene?
(a) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.
(b) Veta Simmons.
(c) Myrtle Mae Simmons.
(d) Wilson.

5. What does Elwood do before leaving the scene again?
(a) Tips his hat to the portrait.
(b) Makes another phone call.
(c) Tips his hat to the mantle.
(d) Grabs a handful of peanuts from a bowl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Veta Simmons' reaction when she sees the portrait of Elwood Dowd and Harvey on the mantle?

2. Who enters, looking disheveled and shaken?

3. What does Myrtle Mae Simmons wonder aloud about her uncle, Eldwood Dowd?

4. What does Dr. Lyman Sanderson claim about Veta Simmons' mental condition?

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

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