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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 tone of the scene at the edge of the forest?
(a) Contentment.
(b) Confidence.
(c) Humor.
(d) Panic.

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

3. What color is the throne?
(a) Ivory with an animal fur cushion.
(b) Dark green with a green cushion.
(c) Bright red with an orange cushion.
(d) Jet black with a woven mat cushion.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the basis for Smithers' authority in the palace?

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

3. How well has Emperor Jones prepared for his flight from the palace?

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

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

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