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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. When Garcin is paying attention to what is happening at the newspaper office, what is he hearing?
(a) They are talking about the war.
(b) They are talking about the weather.
(c) They are talking about the new newspaper that just started.
(d) They are talking about him.

2. Who calls Garcin a brute?
(a) Florence.
(b) Olga.
(c) Estelle.
(d) Inez.

3. How did Estelle's lover die?
(a) He was hit by a tram.
(b) He poisoned himself with gas.
(c) He shot himself.
(d) He jumped off a building.

4. What was Estelle's lover's name?
(a) Garcin.
(b) Roger.
(c) Antonio.
(d) WIlliam.

5. When Garcin says, "I've left my fate in their hands," who is he talking about?
(a) The soldiers.
(b) The Valet.
(c) His coworkers.
(d) Inez and Estelle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Estelle do to her baby?

2. What does Garcin finally suggest they all should do?

3. Whom does Garcin call a swine?

4. Garcin was a...

5. What does Estelle ask Garcin to do in Part 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Garcin feel when Estelle tells him that it does not matter if he is a coward as long as he kisses well?

2. Why did Garcin say he treated his wife so badly?

3. Why does the image of a young couple making love in her apartment so upset Inez?

4. Why do you think that Inez tries to pull Garcin off Estelle?

5. Why do you think that Inez would rather deal with hell face to face?

6. Why does Inez describe Estelle's mouth as cruel?

7. Although both Inez and Garcin pressure Estelle into telling them why she is in the room, at the end of the section, why is Estelle only angry with Inez and not Garcin?

8. Sartre uses a mirror as a symbol in Part 3. Describe how the mirror is important to understanding the character of Estelle.

9. What is Inez guilty of?

10. Why did Garcin flee to Mexico, and what does it have to do with cowardice?

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