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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. What is Estelle's friend's name?
(a) Olga.
(b) Florence.
(c) Inez.
(d) Anna.

2. According to one of the characters, how many official torturers does Hell have?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) One for each dead person.
(d) 0.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is the most reluctant to sit there silently?

2. Whose sofa does not match her dress?

3. What does Estelle say she cannot stand a man in?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. As Inez, Estelle, and Garcin watch their friends and family back on Earth, how do they react?

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

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