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

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

3. Emperor Jones sees a group of figures in Act 1, Scene 4. What does he say to their leader?
(a) He promises to avenge his imprisonment.
(b) He swears he will kill him.
(c) He says that he is in charge here.
(d) He proclaims his innocence.

4. How do the figures move in the vision Emperor Jones sees in the fifth forest scene?
(a) In a frenzy, as if they were dancing.
(b) Violently, as if they were being tortured.
(c) Rhythmically, as if they were rowing.
(d) Calmly, as if they were reassuring him.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Emperor Jones when he sees the apparition in the third forest scene?

3. How does Emperor Jones feel when he is orienting himself in the forest?

4. What is the tone of the scene at the edge of the forest?

5. What are the figures saying in Emperor Jones' vision in the fifth forest scene?

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