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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Estelle say her husband is?
(a) At her funeral.
(b) At work.
(c) At home.
(d) At the hospital.

2. What did Inez die of?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) She was murdered by Olga.
(c) A gas leak.
(d) She was run over by a tram.

3. What is Garcin's profession?
(a) Dentist.
(b) Journalist.
(c) Barber.
(d) Valet.

4. What did Estelle die of?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Dysentery.
(c) Scarlet Fever.
(d) Pneumonia.

5. Whom does Inez believe to be her torturer, at first?
(a) Garcin.
(b) Estelle.
(c) Florence.
(d) Valet.

6. When they ask each other how they ended up in the room, who suggests they should be honest?
(a) Inez.
(b) Valet.
(c) Garcin.
(d) Estelle.

7. What did Garcin describe his workplace as always being?
(a) Overcrowed.
(b) Empty.
(c) Cold as a tomb.
(d) Stifingly hot.

8. What does Garcin try to move?
(a) Bronze statue.
(b) Painting.
(c) Bed.
(d) Sofa.

9. Which character says "I don't care much for men anyway"?
(a) Inez.
(b) Garcin.
(c) Florence.
(d) Estelle.

10. What does Inez realize first?
(a) That the bronze cannot be moved.
(b) That Estelle and Garcin are lovers.
(c) That the room has no windows.
(d) That they are to be each other's torturers.

11. Estelle is the first character to suggest that they...
(a) Try to escape.
(b) Share a sofa.
(c) Try to ignore each other.
(d) Introduce themselves.

12. What term does Estelle prefer for her condition?
(a) Passed away.
(b) Disappeared.
(c) Dead.
(d) Absent.

13. Which character says that the room is ugly?
(a) Garcin.
(b) Estelle.
(c) Valet.
(d) Inez.

14. Who tries to take off his/her jacket?
(a) Garcin.
(b) Garcin.
(c) Inez.
(d) Estelle.

15. When talking about the decoration of the room, Estelle says that she has always...?
(a) Enjoyed bronze statues.
(b) Upholstered her own sofas.
(c) Loathed angles.
(d) Hired an interior designer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Estelle's brother like?

2. In part 2, Estelle rebukes Garcin for...

3. Which character acts snobbish when he/she learns what the others did for a living?

4. What is Estelle's friend's name?

5. What is strange about Estelle's friend at her funeral?

(see the answer keys)

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