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

2. How has time progressed in Emperor Jones' first five visions?
(a) Back to American blacks' roots in Africa.
(b) Back to Jones' personal origins.
(c) Forward to the current state of American blacks.
(d) Back to the beginning of slavery.

3. Is Emperor Jones moving any closer to freedom in the fifth forest scene?
(a) No.
(b) He is losing freedom, but gaining wisdom.
(c) Yes.
(d) He is trading freedom for responsibility.

4. Whose experience is Emperor Jones envisioning in the fifth forest scene?
(a) His own.
(b) His ancestors'.
(c) Smithers'.
(d) Jeff's.

5. Where does the fifth forest scene open?
(a) In a clearing in the forest.
(b) At a crossroads in the forest.
(c) In the palace.
(d) In an overgrown part of the forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. How well has Emperor Jones prepared for his flight from the palace?

2. The black figures that Emperor Jones sees in the first forest scene are amused by what?

3. Where does Emperor Jones look for the food he buried?

4. What can we gather from the fact that Emperor Jones does not shoot anyone in the apparition in the fifth forest scene?

5. What literary term describes Emperor Jones' language when he shoots at the apparition?

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