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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. How are the forest scenes different from the opening scene in the palace?
(a) They are more hyperbole.
(b) They are less realistic.
(c) They are more satirical.
(d) They lack the first scene's dark humor.

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

3. Emperor Jones sees figures in the forest. What do they seem to know?
(a) What the tom-tom means.
(b) When Jones will die.
(c) Where the natives are gathering.
(d) Where Jones' food is.

4. How does Emperor Jones' flight recall his time in America?
(a) He lived in the forest there as well.
(b) He was always traveling as a salesman.
(c) He was always on the run from his wife and family.
(d) He did not have the resources he needed then, either.

5. Which literary device describes the increasing tempo of the tom-tom drumming?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Tone.
(c) Style.
(d) Setting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which answer describes Jeff's movements?

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

3. What kind of gun does Emperor Jones carry?

4. What do the dark figures represent who Emperor Jones sees in the woods?

5. What is the throne in the palace made of?

(see the answer key)

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