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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. How has Emperor Jones changed in the first four scenes?
(a) He is more and more imperial in his status.
(b) He has lost his confidence and his regal bearing.
(c) He is wiser and more thoughtful about his responsibilities.
(d) He has more power to deal with things.

2. Which statement describes the eyes of the figures whom Emperor Jones sees in the first forest scene?
(a) They are angry.
(b) They glow.
(c) They are blind.
(d) They are deformed.

3. What does Emperor Jones hear in the forest?
(a) Gunshots.
(b) Whispering natives.
(c) A tom-tom drum.
(d) Laughing ghosts.

4. Where does the third forest scene begin?
(a) At a wide, flat road.
(b) At a burial ground.
(c) At a well.
(d) At the palace.

5. Whom does Emperor Jones resemble in his dress in the fifth forest scene?
(a) The prison guard.
(b) A native African.
(c) Jeff.
(d) Smithers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the tone of Emperor Jones' vision in the fifth forest scene?

3. Where does the fifth forest scene open?

4. What do we learn from the interaction between what Emperor Jones says and what the figures say in the vision Emperor Jones sees in the fifth forest scene?

5. Which literary term best approximates the sound Emperor Jones makes in the fifth forest scene?

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