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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 claims, at first, not to know why s/he would be in the room?
(a) Garcin.
(b) Inez.
(c) Florence.
(d) Estelle.

2. Which character(s) refers to Estelle as "the child"?
(a) Garcin and Inez.
(b) Valet.
(c) Inez only.
(d) Garcin only.

3. Who asks Inez to forget her role as a torturer?
(a) Valet.
(b) Estelle.
(c) Florence.
(d) Garcin.

4. Who says that s/he is "rotten to the core"?
(a) Garcin.
(b) Estelle.
(c) Olga.
(d) Inez.

5. Who is judging Garcin?
(a) His coworkers.
(b) His mistress.
(c) His mother.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Estelle ask the others for?

2. What does Estelle want from Garcin?

3. Florence crept out of bed and...

4. How does Garcin describes Estelle's eyes?

5. When Garcin is paying attention to what is happening at the newspaper office, what is he hearing?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. If Inez does not seem to care about her appearance, why does she normally carry a mirror?

5. What do you think of Inez's promise to not do Garcin any harm if he leaves her and Estelle in peace?

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

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

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

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

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

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