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

2. What is Emperor Jones afraid of at the beginning of the fifth forest scene?
(a) Imminent capture.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Formless fears.
(d) Lem.

3. Which term describes how Emperor Jones speaks after he leaves the palace?
(a) Phillipic.
(b) Dialogue.
(c) Soliloquy.
(d) Monologue.

4. How does Emperor Jones feel at the beginning of the fifth forest scene?
(a) Exhausted.
(b) Delirious.
(c) Free.
(d) Triumphant.

5. What does Emperor Jones do when he is invited, with a gesture, to join the figures he sees in the third forest scene?
(a) He picks up an imaginary shovel.
(b) He takes off his clothes.
(c) He shoots at the figures.
(d) He leads the other prisoners in a revolt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the people Emperor Jones sees in his vision in Act 1, Scene 4, one is in charge. What does he carry?

2. What structure predominates over the sixth forest scene?

3. Which literary term describes the structure of the first three forest scenes?

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

5. Where does the third forest scene begin?

(see the answer key)

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