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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. Where has Wilson been searching for Elwood Dowd?
2. What kind of advice does Dr. Lyman Sanderson give Ruth Kelly?
3. Where does Dr. Lyman Sanderson claim to have seen Ruth Kelly last Saturday?
4. What does Myrtle Mae Simmons bring into the room as proof her uncle is not well?
5. In this scene, Dr. William Chumley and Judge Gaffney visit whom upstairs in the Dowd mansion?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Myrtle Mae Simmons offer up as "proof" that Elwood Dowd is a horrible person to live with (at least according to her)?
2. What does Ruth Kelly find out when she calls Charlie's Place to verify Elwood Dowd's story?
3. Why does Elwood Dowd enter the sanitarium with flowers for Ruth Kelly?
4. Why is Veta Simmons speech about the importance of art significant, if at all?
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. When Elwood Dowd mentions to Ruth Kelly that he has things he needs to do, what is he referring to?
7. What becomes clear about Elwood Dowd in this scene?
8. What is Elwood Dowd's reaction to the parcel brought out by Myrtle Mae Simmons?
9. With whom does Elwood Dowd speak to on the phone when he arrives home and what does he talk about?
10. In one or two sentences, describe how the evening's events transpired, according to Elwood Dowd.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe briefly whether or not you feel Veta Simmons and her daughter were only putting up with Elwood Dowd and his invisible friend because he had inherited everything from his and Veta Simmons' mother, including the mansion? Please provide 2-3 examples from the text to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 2
Assuming that Harvey is real, as Elwood Dowd says he is, it creates an interesting theme in the play regarding how those with special knowledge (like Elwood Dowd) are treated by those without it (the rest of the characters). Looking at how the characters interact through this perspective, why do the other people in Elwood Dowd's life treat him the way they do? Are they feeling jealous, frightened, inadequate, or something else? Please support your positions from the text.
Essay Topic 3
In Act 1, Scene 2, where Elwood Dowd is taken to the sanitarium by Veta Simmons, there is a lot of comic miscommunication occurring. All of the various characters have an incomplete understanding of the situation, which makes Veta Simmons' situation at once comical and tragic. Please find three examples from this scene about how poor communications can create very different results from what was originally intended.
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