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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 wishes they were there "by mistake"?
(a) Garcin.
(b) Estelle.
(c) Inez.
(d) Florence.

2. Whom does Estelle expect in the room?
(a) Someone wearing a black suit.
(b) Someone with a baby.
(c) Someone with a ruined face.
(d) Someone beautiful.

3. Who is the second character to enter the room?
(a) Florence.
(b) Garcin.
(c) Estelle.
(d) Inez.

4. Whose sofa does not match her dress?
(a) Estelle.
(b) Inez.
(c) Florence.
(d) Olga.

5. How many mirrors are there in the room?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bronze statues are there?

2. Which character is the first to offer up his/her sofa to the third person to enter the room?

3. What does Inez realize first?

4. What does Garcin try to move?

5. When they ask each other how they ended up in the room, who suggests they should be honest?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the room in which Garcin finds himself.

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

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

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

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