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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elwood Dowd tell Betty Chumley on the phone?
(a) That he was ready to turn himself in to the sanitarium.
(b) That he would like her to meet Harvey.
(c) That he was in love with her.
(d) That he attended the cocktail party and didn't see her there.

2. What does Ruth Kelly ask Elwood Dowd when she first sees him in this scene?
(a) How Harvey is doing.
(b) Where Dr. William Chumley is.
(c) How Veta Simmons is doing.
(d) Where the library is.

3. Where does Wilson say he left Veta Simmons after he took her upstairs in the sanitarium?
(a) The massage room.
(b) The hydro tub.
(c) Solitary confinement.
(d) The sauna.

4. Ethel Chauvenet is key in the first scene because ______________________.
(a) She is a fashion consultant to the Simmons women.
(b) She has a grandson about Myrtle Mae Simmons' age.
(c) She can sing Italian arias by memory.
(d) She has a cure-all for dementia.

5. Who says "A painting shows not only the reality but the dream behind it"?
(a) Veta Simmons.
(b) Dr. William Chumley.
(c) Elwood Dowd.
(d) Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Throughout this scene, who remains adamant that Elwood Dowd be locked up in the sanitarium?

2. What is Elwood Dowd's outlook when Wilson brings him to Dr. Lyman Sanderson?

3. What happens as Elwood Dowd talks to his sister on the phone?

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

5. What does Wilson read at the end of this scene?

(see the answer key)

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