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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the figures positioned in the vision Emperor Jones sees in the fifth forest scene?
(a) They surround Jones like a hostile mob.
(b) They are stacked the way slaves were stacked on slave ships.
(c) They are huddled together in a mass.
(d) They are seated with their backs against the forest walls.

2. Someone enters the sixth forest scene with Emperor Jones. What does that person do?
(a) Dances right in front of Emperor Jones.
(b) Kills Jones.
(c) Offers to help Jones.
(d) Prays with Jones.

3. What does Emperor Jones throw into the bushes in the fourth forest scene?
(a) His shoes.
(b) His gun.
(c) His shirt.
(d) His jacket.

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

5. Which literary term defines Jeff's apparition?
(a) Personification.
(b) Parody.
(c) Psychomachy.
(d) Dream vision.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which literary term describes the apparition in the fourth forest scene?

3. Where does Emperor Jones go at the end of the sixth forest scene?

4. How does Emperor Jones dispel his final vision?

5. How does Emperor Jones return to the forest at the end of the second forest scene?

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