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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. What does Wilson read at the end of this scene?
(a) A psychiatrics manual.
(b) An encyclopedia.
(c) A sales pamphlet.
(d) A Bible.

2. According to the phone conversation at the beginning of this scene, who has gone missing for four hours?
(a) Mrs. Greenawalt.
(b) Dr. William Chumley.
(c) Elwood Dowd.
(d) Veta Simmons.

3. How many bars were searched looking for Elwood Dowd?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 18.

4. What reason does the nurse, Ruth Kelly, give to Dr. Lyman Sanderson for wanting the two of them to join Elwood Dowd for drinks later that night?
(a) Elwood Dowd is such a gentleman.
(b) Elwood Dowd was pitiful and sad and needed company.
(c) Elwood Dowd could teach them how to drink flaming shots.
(d) Elwood Dowd promised to pay.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the probable reason why Veta Simmons wants to get in with the town's society crowd?

2. What does Elwood Dowd find in Myrtle Mae Simmons' package?

3. How old is Elwood Dowd, approximately?

4. Who does Dr. William Chumley call to verify the name of the patient to be admitted to the sanitarium?

5. Who enters, looking disheveled and shaken?

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