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

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

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

4. Emperor Jones tell the natives that only one person can kill him--who is that?
(a) Smithers.
(b) Emperor Jones himself.
(c) The ghost of Jeff.
(d) The witch doctor.

5. Which character is the first to appear in the second scene in the forest?
(a) Emperor Jones.
(b) The witch doctor.
(c) Jeff.
(d) Smithers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the dark figures who Emperor Jones sees in the forest know?

2. What happens when Emperor Jones first fires his gun in the forest?

3. What does Emperor Jones lose in the forest?

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

5. What color is Jones' uniform?

(see the answer key)

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