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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. Upon learning where Elwood Dowd is, what does Dr. William Chumley do?
(a) He goes to get Elwood Dowd on his own.
(b) He sends Wilson to fetch Elwood Dowd.
(c) He shrugs and gives up.
(d) He invites Veta Simmons to help him get Elwood Dowd.

2. How did Harvey receive his name, according to Elwood Dowd?
(a) Harvey told Elwood Dowd what his name was.
(b) The name was drawn at random from a hat.
(c) Harvey was given his name by a higher power.
(d) Harvey let Elwood Dowd pick the name.

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

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

5. Who seems most concerned about the character that's gone missing at the outset of the scene?
(a) Veta Simmons.
(b) Dr. Lyman Sanderson.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Ruth Kelly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Harvey when Elwood Dowd first met him?

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

3. What does Myrtle Mae Simmons bring into the room as proof her uncle is not well?

4. What is Elwood Dowd's initial reaction upon seeing the parcel Myrtle Mae Simmons left?

5. After several drinks, with whom did Dr. William Chumley get into an argument over who should pay?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What becomes clear about Elwood Dowd in this scene?

4. In one or two sentences, describe how the evening's events transpired, according to Elwood Dowd.

5. What do you think Elwood Dowd meant when he confesses "I wrestled with reality for forty years and I am happy to state that I finally won out over it"?

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

7. Why do you think Wilson is agitated when he finally locates Elwood Dowd back at Chumley's Rest?

8. What is Veta Simmons' reasoning for why she was committed instead of Elwood Dowd?

9. What does Myrtle Mae Simmons offer up as "proof" that Elwood Dowd is a horrible person to live with (at least according to her)?

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

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