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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. Inez recognizes what a torturer looks like from...
(a) Looking at the Valet's face.
(b) Looking at a picture of Florence.
(c) Looking at herself in the mirror.
(d) Looking at Estelle's reflection the window.

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

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

4. Which character enters the room first?
(a) Inez.
(b) Florence.
(c) Garcin.
(d) Estelle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says that he/she is already "in order"?

2. How many years was Estelle happily married?

3. What does Garcin suggest they all do?

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

5. Whom did Estelle expect to meet in the room?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Do you think that one of these characters is more truthful than the other two? If so, which one?

5. Describe the room in which Garcin finds himself.

6. Why are there no toothbrushes or beds in the room?

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

8. 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?

9. What does Estelle say about why she thinks she is in the room?

10. How do you know that these characters are dead and in hell, despite the fact that Sartre does not explicitly state it?

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