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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Emperor Jones and Smithers keep each other in their respective roles?
(a) They kill each other's enemies.
(b) They agree to share power.
(c) They plot together against the medicine man.
(d) They know secrets about each other.

2. What do the natives mistakenly think about Emperor Jones?
(a) He has mysterious powers.
(b) He is a murderer.
(c) He is a runaway felon.
(d) He is a god.

3. How does Emperor Jones say he killed Jeff?
(a) With a razor.
(b) With his hands.
(c) He threw him off a train.
(d) With a gun.

4. How are the forest scenes different from the opening scene in the palace?
(a) They are more satirical.
(b) They are more hyperbole.
(c) They are less realistic.
(d) They lack the first scene's dark humor.

5. Emperor Jones tell the natives that only one person can kill him--who is that?
(a) Smithers.
(b) The ghost of Jeff.
(c) The witch doctor.
(d) Emperor Jones himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far away was Emperor Jones' would-be assassin when the gun misfired?

2. How has Emperor Jones helped Smithers?

3. Where did Emperor Jones learn the ways of the white man?

4. What provision has Emperor Jones made in case of uprising?

5. Which literary device is employed in this first forest scene?

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