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

2. What did Estelle die of?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Scarlet Fever.
(d) Dysentery.

3. What is Olga doing when Estelle, Garcin, and Inez discover that time moves differently in the room than on Earth?
(a) Waking up the next day.
(b) Smoking cigars.
(c) Eating dinner.
(d) Preparing for bed.

4. What color does Garcin say his wife always wears?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Pink.
(d) White.

5. Which character used to go to parties at the country homes of her friends?
(a) Garcin.
(b) Florence.
(c) Inez.
(d) Estelle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Garcin says that they should all sit there...

2. Where did Garcin live?

3. What does Estelle say she cannot stand a man in?

4. When Inez refers to a cafeteria, "Where customers serve themselves," what is she talking about?

5. What does Garcin suggest they all do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the room in which Garcin finds himself.

4. Describe Inez's reaction to the Estelle's and Garcin's reasons for why they are in the room.

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

6. Why does Sartre introduce Estelle with her concerns about the sofas?

7. What are some of the things that cause tension between Inez and Garcin?

8. When Garcin is asked why he is in the room, what does he say? Do you believe him, and why or why not?

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

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

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