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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the setting where the play begins?
(a) In a Pullman car.
(b) In the forest.
(c) In an American slave auction.
(d) In the interior of a palace.

2. What happens to lift Emperor Jones' spirits at the beginning of the second forest scene?
(a) He finds the food he had hidden.
(b) The moonlight makes it easier to see.
(c) Smithers shows up with a torch.
(d) One of the natives leads Jones through the forest.

3. What color is the throne?
(a) Ivory with an animal fur cushion.
(b) Jet black with a woven mat cushion.
(c) Bright red with an orange cushion.
(d) Dark green with a green cushion.

4. How has Emperor Jones' appearance changed since the scene with the black figures?
(a) He is more composed and neater.
(b) He is dirtier and less majestic.
(c) He is all wet.
(d) He is practically naked.

5. How does Smithers say that Emperor Jones came into his position?
(a) An election.
(b) A military coup.
(c) A power-sharing deal.
(d) A silver bullet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the state of Emperor Jones' clothing as the fourth forest scene begins?

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

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

4. How does Emperor Jones say he killed Jeff?

5. What happens to the tom-tom drumming when Emperor Jones shoots at the apparition in the third forest scene?

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