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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 says that the three are all "damned souls"?
(a) Garcin.
(b) Estelle.
(c) Inez.
(d) Florence.

2. When Estelle enters the room, who is already there?
(a) only Florence.
(b) only Garcin.
(c) Inez and Florence.
(d) Inez and Garcin.

3. What is the temperature like in the room?
(a) Too hot.
(b) Warm, but bearable.
(c) Mild.
(d) Too cold.

4. Who sees Olga in a vision?
(a) Inez.
(b) Estelle.
(c) Florence.
(d) Garcin.

5. Who tries to take off his/her jacket?
(a) Inez.
(b) Estelle.
(c) Garcin.
(d) Garcin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Inez die of?

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

3. What was Estelle's brother like?

4. Where did Garcin live?

5. Where does Estelle say her husband is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Estelle complain about when she enters the room?

2. Why does Estelle refuse Inez's offer of her sofa?

3. Describe the room in which Garcin finds himself.

4. What are some examples of foreshadowing in the first part of the play?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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