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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. What structure predominates over the sixth forest scene?
(a) A rough stone altar.
(b) A slave ship.
(c) A prison.
(d) The palace.

2. How has Emperor Jones changed in the first four scenes?
(a) He is wiser and more thoughtful about his responsibilities.
(b) He is more and more imperial in his status.
(c) He has more power to deal with things.
(d) He has lost his confidence and his regal bearing.

3. What is the basis for Smithers' authority in the palace?
(a) He is the emperor.
(b) He is a medicine man.
(c) He is a white man.
(d) He is the emperor's right hand man.

4. What is the setting of the sixth forest scene?
(a) A tangled forest.
(b) A clearing in the forest.
(c) A crossroads.
(d) A beach.

5. How does Emperor Jones feel in the moments before he first sees the black figures in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Fatigued.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Terrified.
(d) Free.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wrongdoing does Emperor Jones admit to in the fourth forest scene?

2. Which term describes the tone of the fourth forest scene?

3. Which character is the first to appear in the second scene in the forest?

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

5. What do the dark figures who Emperor Jones sees in the forest know?

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