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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to lift Emperor Jones' spirits at the beginning of the second forest scene?
(a) Smithers shows up with a torch.
(b) One of the natives leads Jones through the forest.
(c) The moonlight makes it easier to see.
(d) He finds the food he had hidden.

2. Which literary device describes the increasing tempo of the tom-tom drumming?
(a) Style.
(b) Tone.
(c) Setting.
(d) Symbolism.

3. How are the figures positioned in the vision Emperor Jones sees in the fifth forest scene?
(a) They are huddled together in a mass.
(b) They are stacked the way slaves were stacked on slave ships.
(c) They are seated with their backs against the forest walls.
(d) They surround Jones like a hostile mob.

4. What has the forest come to symbolize over the course of the five forest scenes so far?
(a) The darkness in the heart of men.
(b) The chaos at the heart of the universe.
(c) Emperor Jones' racial history.
(d) The redemptive fecundity of nature.

5. What does Smithers talk to the old woman about in the first scene?
(a) When the natives are going to kill Emperor Jones.
(b) Where the other whites have gone.
(c) Where Emperor Jones hid his food.
(d) Where she is going.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emperor Jones decide to do after he rings for the servants?

2. What appears to Emperor Jones in the first scene in the forest?

3. What color is the throne?

4. What is the basis for Smithers' authority in the palace?

5. How long does Jones think he has been walking at the beginning of the second forest scene?

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