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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 happens to the room where Inez used to live?
(a) Olga and her husband live there now.
(b) The city had it condemned.
(c) Florence lives there now.
(d) It is rented by a young couple.

2. How did Garcin's wife die?
(a) Of grief.
(b) By jumping off a bridge.
(c) She shot herself.
(d) Of pneumonia.

3. Inez calls Estelle...
(a) My glittering waterfall.
(b) My gleaming sunbeam.
(c) My glancing stream.
(d) My glistening diamond.

4. Whose marriage did Inez break up?
(a) Estelle's.
(b) Garcin's.
(c) Olga's.
(d) Her cousin's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who admits to being "rather cruel"?

2. Estelle would rather escape from the room than what?

3. Who wants to take Estelle in his/her arms?

4. When Garcin implores the characters to ignore each other, who says that she could never forget about them?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Garcin mean when he says that he can see where talking to each other will lead?

2. What is Inez guilty of?

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

4. Why does Inez lie about Estelle's pimple?

5. Do you think that Garcin really would prefer physical torture? Which would you prefer--physical or mental anguish of this kind?

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

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. Why do you think that Estelle is flattered by Inez attention, even after she knows that Inez is being cruel?

9. In this section of the play, Estelle asks Garcin to hold her. Why?

10. Why does Estelle shed no actual tears when she cries?

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