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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. How does Emperor Jones return to the forest at the end of the second forest scene?
(a) Enthusiastically.
(b) Confidently.
(c) Wildly.
(d) Stealthily.

2. Where does Emperor Jones go at the end of the fourth forest scene?
(a) Back into the forest.
(b) Into a cave.
(c) Back to the palace.
(d) To the port.

3. How long does Jones think he has been walking at the beginning of the second forest scene?
(a) Half a day.
(b) All night.
(c) Hours.
(d) Years.

4. Emperor Jones tell the natives that only one person can kill him--who is that?
(a) The witch doctor.
(b) The ghost of Jeff.
(c) Emperor Jones himself.
(d) Smithers.

5. What does Jeff say when Emperor Jones speaks to him?
(a) He vows revenge.
(b) He does not respond.
(c) He predicts Jones' death.
(d) He accuses Jones of killing him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which literary device describes the increasing tempo of the tom-tom drumming?

3. Who are the figures Emperor Jones sees working in this third forest scene?

4. How does the second forest scene open?

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

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