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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 Emperor Jones when he sees the apparition in the third forest scene?
(a) He faints.
(b) He stammers.
(c) His hands shake.
(d) His eyes bulge.

2. Emperor Jones sees a group of figures in Act 1, Scene 4. What happens when Emperor Jones shoots at the leader?
(a) The apparition disappears.
(b) Smithers brings him food.
(c) The natives find him and chase him.
(d) Jeff returns on the side of the stage.

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

4. What does Emperor Jones see in the fifth forest scene?
(a) Shackled slaves on a slave ship.
(b) Chained slaves at a slave auction.
(c) Chained prisoners on a chain gang.
(d) Shackled prisoners.

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 shoots at the figures.
(b) He takes off his clothes.
(c) He picks up an imaginary shovel.
(d) He leads the other prisoners in a revolt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Emperor Jones' flight recall to him?

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

4. Which literary term describes Emperor Jones' work in the third forest scene?

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

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