No Exit Review

No Exit Review

MCQ Practice

Multiple Choice

In the context of the play as a whole, the detail that Garcin's wife comes to the barracks everyday wondering about him emphasizes which of the following about his character?

• He took every opportunity to avoid her because of all that she represented about what he had done wrong in his life.

• He had a number of affairs and disregarded her emotions completely, even failing to respect their home.

• He took advantage of a person who as clearly devoted to him regardless of what he did wrong and treated that person terribly.

• He claimed to be a pacifist, but by being in the barracks, he sent the message that he was supporting the war effort and the soldiers fighting in it.

• He disregarded the judgment of others and was only concerned with how she felt and how she cared about him because of her unending devotion to him.

Multiple Choice

Of the major characters, the one who appears to change the least as a result of what he or she reveals is

• Garcin, because he admits to being a pacifist early in the play and knows that is why he has been condemned

• Estelle, because she is clearly vain and self-centered from the time she arrives in the room

• Inez, because she knows she is cruel to people and takes pleasure in being cruel to the others in the room

• Inez, because she is able to see through the lies the others tell and eventually causes them to recall their painful memories

• Garcin, because he continually wants to be liked and to avoid conflict with others

Multiple Choice

The characters' collective laughter at the end of the play can be best explained as a reaction to

• teasing one another as they torture one another

• accepting their role as torturers

• realizing the absurdity of trying to avoid the inevitable

• responding to the emotional pain they can feel and the physical pain they cannot feel

• recognizing the futility of the bell-push that doesn't always work

Multiple Choice

When the door swings open (after Garcin's knocking), Garcin's reaction to it in subsequent lines can be best explained as

• directly influenced by Inez's poor treatment of him both before and after the door opens

• consistent with his need to protect Estelle because he does not want to leave her alone with Inez

• inconsistent with the supposed reasons for finding himself condemned in the room

• inconsistent with his behavior in the room but consistent with what he reveals about his life

• a fearful response consistent with his treatment of his wife and the treatment of the others in the room with him

Multiple Choice

In the scene between lines 226-250, Inez offers to be Estelle's "glass," or mirror. Whicho f the following best represent the values and characteristics in conflict in this scene?

• Pity an shame

• Vanity and cruelty

• Honesty and reliability

• Commitment and acceptance

• Joy and honesty

Multiple Choice

The actions leading up to the conclusion of the play can all be categorized as

• excuses the characters make for their terrible behavior while alive

• things that were unfortunate yet unavoidable

• behavior that shows why these characters have been condemned

• well-intentioned, despite the horrific outcomes

• unavoidable twists of fate