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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was Emperor Jones foolish to have fired his gun in the forest?
(a) He is killing natives and angering native leaders.
(b) He is wasting his last remaining bullets.
(c) The natives will know where he is.
(d) He is ruining the palace.

3. How well has Emperor Jones prepared for his flight from the palace?
(a) He knows where to find what he needs in the forest.
(b) He has hidden the supplies that will get him to safety.
(c) He underestimated what he would need.
(d) He has more than enough supplies to get him to safety.

4. What does Emperor Jones lose in the forest?
(a) His memory.
(b) His bearings.
(c) His gun.
(d) His past.

5. Where did Emperor Jones learn the ways of the white man?
(a) A welder on steam engines.
(b) A Pullman car.
(c) A tracking and hunting outfit.
(d) A real estate business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Emperor Jones laugh at the beginning of the second forest scene?

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

3. Emperor Jones tell the natives that only one person can kill him--who is that?

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

5. How much light is there in the scene where Emperor Jones sees the formless black figures?

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