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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 does Smithers say that Emperor Jones came into his position?
(a) A military coup.
(b) A silver bullet.
(c) A power-sharing deal.
(d) An election.
2. When does Emperor Jones notice the tom-tom?
(a) When he hears laughter in the forest.
(b) When he fires his gun.
(c) When he thinks he hears footsteps.
(d) When he cannot find his food.
3. What does Smithers talk to the old woman about in the first scene?
(a) Where she is going.
(b) Where Emperor Jones hid his food.
(c) Where the other whites have gone.
(d) When the natives are going to kill Emperor Jones.
4. How does Emperor Jones feel in the moments before he first sees the black figures in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Fatigued.
(b) Terrified.
(c) Free.
(d) Relieved.
5. Which literary device is employed in this first forest scene?
(a) Personification.
(b) Literal meaning.
(c) Elegy.
(d) Onomatopoeia.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Emperor Jones head for the forest at the end of the first scene?
2. What color is the throne?
3. What does Emperor Jones decide to do after he rings for the servants?
4. What happens when Emperor Jones first fires his gun in the forest?
5. Which term describes how Emperor Jones speaks after he leaves the palace?
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