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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. Which character acts snobbish when he/she learns what the others did for a living?
(a) Florence.
(b) Estelle.
(c) Inez.
(d) Garcin.

2. Who shows Garcin the way into the room?
(a) Estelle.
(b) Florence.
(c) Inez.
(d) Valet.

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

4. What is strange about Estelle's friend at her funeral?
(a) She wore read.
(b) She did not send flowers.
(c) She did not cry.
(d) She did not attend.

5. Who sees Olga in a vision?
(a) Inez.
(b) Florence.
(c) Garcin.
(d) Estelle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Olga doing when Estelle, Garcin, and Inez discover that time moves differently in the room than on Earth?

3. Will the Valet always come when the bell rings?

4. Why are there no beds in the room?

5. How many mirrors are there in the room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Estelle complain about when she enters the room?

2. When Garcin asks the Valet what is outside the room, what does the Valet say?

3. Why do you think the author shows Garcin looking at his colleagues relaxing at the end of the day, smoking cigars?

4. Why are eyes and "not looking at each other" symbolically important at this part in the play?

5. What kinds of differences are established between the three characters when Estelle asks if the other two have ever attended a country party at the home of one of her friends?

6. What does Garcin in his shirtsleeves stand for? Why does Estelle say she cannot stand a man in his shirtsleeves?

7. When Garcin asks Inez how she knows what a torturer looks like, what does she say?

8. Why does Sartre introduce Estelle with her concerns about the sofas?

9. What is Garcin's response to Inez saying that there was reason to be afraid "before," but not now?

10. What makes Inez realize that they are supposed to be each other's torturers?

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