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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. Veta Simmons was extremely upset by the doctors' questions at Chumley's Rest because they all related to _______________.
(a) Celtic mythology.
(b) Potty training.
(c) Giant rabbits.
(d) Sexual urges.

2. What is Wilson's attitude toward Elwood Dowd's story regarding Dr. William Chumley?
(a) He believes Elwood Dowd.
(b) He is amazed and speechless.
(c) He couldn't care less.
(d) He is extremely skeptical.

3. What happens to the front door at the end of this scene?
(a) It opens and closes by itself.
(b) It unlocks itself.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It disappears.

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

5. Who enters with a bouquet of flowers for Ruth Kelly?
(a) Elwood Dowd.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Dr. William Chumley.
(d) Veta Simmons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elwood Dowd want to know from Ruth Kelly and Dr. Lyman Sanderson?

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

3. Who comes to the house, asking about Veta Simmons?

4. What does Elwood Dowd tell Dr. Lyman Sanderson about the name Harvey?

5. What does Dr. Lyman Sanderson ask Elwood Dowd to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Dr. Lyman Sanderson try to psychoanalyze Elwood Dowd's relationship with Harvey?

5. When Elwood Dowd mentions to Ruth Kelly that he has things he needs to do, what is he referring to?

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

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

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

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

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

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