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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Elwood Dowd order from Mrs. Greenawalt?

2. What is the name of the orderly in Chumley's rest?

3. What is the name of the main character's niece?

4. In whom is Ruth Kelly interested?

5. Where does this scene take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ruth Kelly fear about "accidentally" committing Elwood Dowd earlier that day instead of his "crazy" sister?

2. What does Dr. Lyman Sanderson believe is Veta Simmons' motivation for coming to the sanitarium and telling him about Elwood Dowd and Harvey?

3. Describe the nurse, Ruth Kelly.

4. According to Veta Simmons, to whom did her mother leave everything, including the mansion?

5. What does Elwood Dowd keep trying to do over and over again, only to be interrupted?

6. What does Veta Simmons tell Dr. Lyman Sanderson that makes him think she's the crazy one?

7. How do Ruth Kelly and Dr. Lyman Sanderson interact throughout this scene? What does this reveal about their relationship.

8. What does Dr. Lyman Sanderson think is best for Veta Simmons?

9. Do you think that Ethel Chauvenet could see Harvey, given that he likes her very much?

10. Why is Veta Simmons trying to get accepted by the town's society folk?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do you think a Pooka like Harvey determines who can see it and who can't? List three people from the play that have different levels of interaction with Harvey (can see him, only see him sometimes, cannot see him) and how that affects their attitude toward Elwood Dowd's sanity or lack thereof.

Essay Topic 2

By the end of Act 2, more people are beginning to believe in Harvey or at least admit there is something to Elwood Dowd's imaginings. Which characters hold some level of belief in Harvey by the end of Act 2, Scene 2? How is the audience brought into this circle of believers? Support your answers from the text.

Essay Topic 3

What is it that finally makes Veta Simmons decide she is willing to accept Elwood Dowd just the way he is (Harvey and all)? Please explain your answers using the text where appropriate.

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