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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. Where does Elwood Dowd say Dr. William Chumley found him?
(a) The Dowd mansion.
(b) Charlie's Place.
(c) The post office.
(d) The local library.

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

3. In what room does Elwood Dowd wait when the ladies excuse themselves?
(a) The dining room.
(b) The parlor.
(c) The foyer.
(d) The living room.

4. What does Dr. Lyman Sanderson posit as the reason why Veta Simmons came to Chumley's Rest?
(a) To admit Elwood Dowd to the sanitarium.
(b) To provide the staff of Chumley's Rest with some polite chat.
(c) Because with Elwood Dowd committed, she would inherit the mansion.
(d) To discredit her brother, Elwood Dowd, before he could have her committed.

5. What happens to the front door at the end of this scene?
(a) It opens and closes by itself.
(b) It disappears.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It unlocks itself.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Veta Simmons, what keeps people going and separates them from "the beasts"?

2. What is Veta Simmons trying to do at the sanitarium?

3. What kind of advice does Dr. Lyman Sanderson give Ruth Kelly?

4. Throughout the dialogue between Myrtle Mae Simmons and her mother, what do we learn about their attitude towards Elwood Dowd?

5. According to Elwood Dowd's story, after Dr. William Chumley was through with his argument he ______________.

(see the answer key)

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