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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 work.
(b) At the hospital.
(c) At her funeral.
(d) At home.

2. What color does Garcin say his wife always wears?
(a) Pink.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

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

4. What does Inez say a torturer looks like?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Mean.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Angry.

5. Which character is the most reluctant to sit there silently?
(a) Valet.
(b) Garcin.
(c) Estelle.
(d) Inez.

6. When Inez refers to a cafeteria, "Where customers serve themselves," what is she talking about?
(a) That she used to cook for her cousin and his wife.
(b) That the valet is late with dinner.
(c) That Estelle only knows fancy parties.
(d) That they are each other's torturers.

7. Garcin sees whom in his vision?
(a) His former coworkers.
(b) His children.
(c) His parents.
(d) His mistresses.

8. Why are there no beds in the room?
(a) The beds are upstairs, in a different part of the house.
(b) They are expected to sleep in the sofas.
(c) They will be out of the room before night.
(d) There is no need to sleep.

9. Whom does Estelle expect in the room?
(a) Someone with a baby.
(b) Someone beautiful.
(c) Someone wearing a black suit.
(d) Someone with a ruined face.

10. How many sofas are there in the room?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

11. How many mirrors are there in the room?
(a) 1.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

12. What is Olga doing when Estelle, Garcin, and Inez discover that time moves differently in the room than on Earth?
(a) Waking up the next day.
(b) Preparing for bed.
(c) Eating dinner.
(d) Smoking cigars.

13. Will the Valet always come when the bell rings?
(a) No, the bell rings in a different part of the house.
(b) Yes, the valet always responds to the bell.
(c) Yes, if you ring it twice.
(d) No, the bell does not always work.

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

15. Which character is the first to offer up his/her sofa to the third person to enter the room?
(a) Inez.
(b) Valet.
(c) Estelle.
(d) Garcin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose sofa does not match her dress?

3. Whom does Garcin see in his vision?

4. What does Inez realize first?

5. What did Estelle die of?

(see the answer keys)

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