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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Dr. Lyman Sanderson take Elwood Dowd?
(a) To Charlie's Place.
(b) To a padded cell.
(c) Upstairs in the sanitarium.
(d) To the Dowd mansion.

2. Who is helping Dr. Lyman Sanderson pack his things?
(a) Dr. William Chumley.
(b) Ruth Kelly.
(c) Elwood Dowd.
(d) Wilson.

3. What does Elwood Dowd do immediately upon arriving home?
(a) He sneaks down to the basement to be alone.
(b) He pours himself some liquor from the bottle hidden in the bookshelf.
(c) He makes a phone call to Betty Chumley.
(d) He picks up Myrtle Mae Simmons' package and runs outside with it.

4. After several drinks, with whom did Dr. William Chumley get into an argument over who should pay?
(a) Elwood Dowd.
(b) Veta Simmons.
(c) Harvey.
(d) The barkeep.

5. Myrtle Mae Simmons insists that the judge do what?
(a) Find Elwood Dowd and lock him up.
(b) Call an area-wide search for Elwood Dowd.
(c) Set her up with Ethel Chauvenet's grandson.
(d) Talk some sense to Dr. William Chumley.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Harvey receive his name, according to Elwood Dowd?

3. Who enters with a bouquet of flowers for Ruth Kelly?

4. Veta Simmons informs Dr. William Chumley that she knows where Elwood Dowd is. Where is he?

5. What does Myrtle Mae Simmons claim about living with her uncle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of mechanism is relied on in this scene to generate its many comedic moments?

2. How does Dr. William Chumley get escorted out of Charlie's Place, according to Elwood Dowd?

3. Veta Simmons and Dr. William Chumley argue a great deal in this scene. What in general is the argument about?

4. According to Elwood Dowd, how did Harvey get his name?

5. What tactic does Dr. William Chumley use to get Elwood Dowd to return home again? Is it successful?

6. Why is Myrtle Mae Simmons surprised when Judge Gaffney arrives at the Dowd home?

7. Who enters the sanitarium toward the end of this scene? What is this person's emotional state?

8. What is Elwood Dowd's reaction to the parcel brought out by Myrtle Mae Simmons?

9. What are some of the reasons Veta Simmons is visibly shaken up and disheveled-looking when she first appears in this scene?

10. Why is Veta Simmons speech about the importance of art significant, if at all?

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