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

2. Which character flirts with Estelle?
(a) Inez.
(b) Valet.
(c) Garcin.
(d) Olga.

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

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

5. What kind of newspaper did Garcin run?
(a) Communist.
(b) Tabloid.
(c) Anarchist.
(d) Pacifist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the temperature like in the room?

2. Who is smoking cigars in one of the visions?

3. Inez recognizes what a torturer looks like from...

4. What does Inez realize first?

5. What did Garcin describe his workplace as always being?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. Describe the room in which Garcin finds himself.

7. Describe Inez's reaction to the Estelle's and Garcin's reasons for why they are in the room.

8. Why does Inez believe Garcin to be her torturer?

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

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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