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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. What does Emperor Jones hear in the forest?
(a) Laughing ghosts.
(b) Whispering natives.
(c) A tom-tom drum.
(d) Gunshots.

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

3. How much light is there in the scene where Emperor Jones sees the formless black figures?
(a) A full moon lights the stage.
(b) The faint light of dawn lights the stage.
(c) Very little--the moon has not yet risen.
(d) The scene is lit fully by the daytime sun.

4. What do the dark figures represent who Emperor Jones sees in the woods?
(a) His memories of his family.
(b) His sins and evil deeds.
(c) The souls of the people he has killed.
(d) The black people who came before him.

5. What does Emperor Jones' flight recall to him?
(a) His time as a long-distance runner.
(b) Running away from his parents' house.
(c) An earlier native uprising.
(d) His flight in America.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far away was Emperor Jones' would-be assassin when the gun misfired?

2. What kind of gun does Emperor Jones carry?

3. What does Emperor Jones lose in the forest?

4. How does Smithers say that Emperor Jones came into his position?

5. Where have all the natives gone when the play is just beginning?

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