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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emperor Jones do to make Jeff disappear?
(a) Begs for forgiveness.
(b) Yells at it.
(c) Shoots at it.
(d) Dances around it.

2. How do the figures that Emperor Jones sees in the forest move?
(a) They run on long legs.
(b) They try to stand but fall over.
(c) They seethe and boil like an ocean.
(d) They walk on long tentacles.

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

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

5. Which statement describes the eyes of the figures whom Emperor Jones sees in the first forest scene?
(a) They are blind.
(b) They glow.
(c) They are deformed.
(d) They are angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emperor Jones lose in the forest?

2. What does Emperor Jones feel when he sees Jeff in the second forest scene?

3. Why does Emperor Jones head for the forest at the end of the first scene?

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

5. How has Emperor Jones' appearance changed since the scene with the black figures?

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