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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emperor Jones lose in the forest?
(a) His gun.
(b) His bearings.
(c) His memory.
(d) His past.

2. What do the dark figures who Emperor Jones sees in the forest know?
(a) They do not say anything.
(b) They tell him where to go.
(c) They predict his future.
(d) They tell him to leave.

3. How do the figures that Emperor Jones sees in the forest move?
(a) They seethe and boil like an ocean.
(b) They run on long legs.
(c) They walk on long tentacles.
(d) They try to stand but fall over.

4. What is the setting where the play begins?
(a) In the interior of a palace.
(b) In a Pullman car.
(c) In an American slave auction.
(d) In the forest.

5. What happens when Emperor Jones first fires his gun in the forest?
(a) He kills one of the native leaders.
(b) He kills a crocodile.
(c) The tom-tom stops.
(d) The tom-tom gets louder and closer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the natives mistakenly think about Emperor Jones?

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

3. Why does Emperor Jones head for the forest at the end of the first scene?

4. How has Emperor Jones helped Smithers?

5. What do the dark figures represent who Emperor Jones sees in the woods?

(see the answer key)

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