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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. Emperor Jones sees a group of figures in Act 1, Scene 4. What happens when Emperor Jones shoots at the leader?
(a) The apparition disappears.
(b) Smithers brings him food.
(c) Jeff returns on the side of the stage.
(d) The natives find him and chase him.

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

3. How does Jeff's appearance affect Jones' flight?
(a) He thinks that he can go back to America and make everything right.
(b) He makes Jones desperate to escape from himself.
(c) He feels that if he can just escape from the island he will be safe.
(d) He feels that he will not escape from his past, no matter how far he runs.

4. What happens to Emperor Jones when he sees the apparition in the third forest scene?
(a) His hands shake.
(b) His eyes bulge.
(c) He stammers.
(d) He faints.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose help does Emperor Jones ask for in his final vision?

2. What do the natives mistakenly think about Emperor Jones?

3. What does Emperor Jones do once he sees his part in the vision in the fourth forest scene?

4. Which answer describes Jeff's movements?

5. What can we gather from the fact that Emperor Jones does not shoot anyone in the apparition in the fifth forest scene?

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