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

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

3. What does Smithers tell Emperor Jones to look out for when Jones is leaving the palace?
(a) The witch doctor.
(b) Lem.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Armed natives.

4. Where is the play set?
(a) Hispaniola.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) West Indies.
(d) Florida Keys.

5. What kind of gun does Emperor Jones carry?
(a) Submachine gun.
(b) AK-47.
(c) Long-barreled revolver.
(d) Hunting rifle.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Emperor Jones notice the tom-tom?

2. What do the dark figures represent who Emperor Jones sees in the woods?

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

4. Why was Emperor Jones foolish to have fired his gun in the forest?

5. Which term describes how Emperor Jones speaks after he leaves the palace?

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