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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has Emperor Jones helped Smithers?
(a) By installing him as Emperor.
(b) By killing the man who was cheating Smithers.
(c) By freeing him from jail.
(d) By hiring him.

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

3. What happens when Emperor Jones first fires his gun in the forest?
(a) He kills one of the native leaders.
(b) The tom-tom gets louder and closer.
(c) He kills a crocodile.
(d) The tom-tom stops.

4. How far away was Emperor Jones' would-be assassin when the gun misfired?
(a) 5 feet.
(b) 20 feet.
(c) 10 feet.
(d) Point blank.

5. What does Smithers talk to the old woman about in the first scene?
(a) Where she is going.
(b) Where the other whites have gone.
(c) When the natives are going to kill Emperor Jones.
(d) Where Emperor Jones hid his food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which statement describes the eyes of the figures whom Emperor Jones sees in the first forest scene?

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

3. Where does Emperor Jones go at the end of this first scene outside the palace?

4. How does Emperor Jones feel in the moments before he first sees the black figures in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. What provision has Emperor Jones made in case of uprising?

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