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

2. Who is attracted to Estelle?
(a) Olga.
(b) Inez.
(c) Garcin.
(d) Valet.

3. What does Inez describe Estelle's mouth as?
(a) Twisted.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Cruel.
(d) Brave.

4. What item does Estelle ask the others for?
(a) Lipstick.
(b) Breath mints.
(c) Reading material.
(d) A pocket mirror.

5. Estelle describes herself as what little bird?
(a) Finch.
(b) Peacock.
(c) Bluejay.
(d) Sparrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says that she often undressed in front of his/her maid?

2. Where do Olga and Peter go?

3. Which character(s) refers to Estelle as "the child"?

4. What dance does Garcin tells Estelle he does not do?

5. What does Estelle want from Garcin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Inez guilty of?

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. Why is it significant that Garcin's colleagues have called him a coward?

10. What do you think of Inez's attempt to woo Estelle by calling her by the romantic names her lovers used to use?

(see the answer keys)

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