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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Emperor Jones foolish to have fired his gun in the forest?
(a) He is wasting his last remaining bullets.
(b) He is ruining the palace.
(c) The natives will know where he is.
(d) He is killing natives and angering native leaders.

2. What does Emperor Jones' flight recall to him?
(a) His flight in America.
(b) His time as a long-distance runner.
(c) Running away from his parents' house.
(d) An earlier native uprising.

3. Emperor Jones sees a group of figures in Act 1, Scene 4. What happens when Emperor Jones shoots at the leader?
(a) The apparition disappears.
(b) Smithers brings him food.
(c) Jeff returns on the side of the stage.
(d) The natives find him and chase him.

4. What can we gather from the fact that Emperor Jones does not shoot anyone in the apparition in the fifth forest scene?
(a) He is strong enough that he can escape without a gun.
(b) He is saving his last silver bullet for himself.
(c) The figures' despair is ongoing.
(d) He is so weak that he cannot shoot anyone.

5. What do we learn from the interaction between what Emperor Jones says and what the figures say in the vision Emperor Jones sees in the fifth forest scene?
(a) That he is in the same position as the slaves.
(b) That he is sorry for his sins.
(c) That he is still in charge of the natives.
(d) That he will continue to run until he dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the tom-tom drumming when Emperor Jones shoots at the apparition in the third forest scene?

2. How does the tone of the fifth forest scene change?

3. What is Emperor Jones afraid of at the beginning of the fifth forest scene?

4. Which term describes how Emperor Jones speaks after he leaves the palace?

5. The allegorical appearance of figures can also be described as what literary device?

(see the answer key)

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