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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. How many times does the door open?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

2. What personal item does Garcin miss?
(a) Eyeglasses.
(b) Toothpick.
(c) Toothbrush.
(d) Comb.

3. Garcin says that they should all sit there...
(a) Telling each other their stories.
(b) Singing.
(c) Silently.
(d) Yelling for the Valet.

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

5. Whom does Garcin see in his vision?
(a) His mistress.
(b) His wife.
(c) His mother.
(d) His children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Inez say they all must be guilty of?

2. How many years was Estelle happily married?

3. Which character used to go to parties at the country homes of her friends?

4. Estelle says that she is in the room...

5. Where does Estelle say her husband is?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Estelle refuse Inez's offer of her sofa?

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

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

5. When Garcin is asked why he is in the room, what does he say? Do you believe him, and why or why not?

6. Why is Estelle surprised to see that Garcin's face is fine?

7. What are some examples of foreshadowing in the first part of the play?

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

9. 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?

10. What are some of the things that cause tension between Inez and Garcin?

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