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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 Smithers talk to the old woman about in the first scene?
(a) When the natives are going to kill Emperor Jones.
(b) Where the other whites have gone.
(c) Where she is going.
(d) Where Emperor Jones hid his food.

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

3. What is Jeff doing when Emperor Jones sees him?
(a) Shooting craps.
(b) Threatening to shoot Jones.
(c) Shooting a prison guard.
(d) Running through the forest.

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

5. What do the natives mistakenly think about Emperor Jones?
(a) He has mysterious powers.
(b) He is a murderer.
(c) He is a runaway felon.
(d) He is a god.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Emperor Jones go at the end of this first scene outside the palace?

2. What is the setting where the play begins?

3. What does Emperor Jones hear in the forest?

4. Which literary term defines Jeff's apparition?

5. How does Emperor Jones feel after he has seen the black figures?

(see the answer key)

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