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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emperor Jones do when he is invited, with a gesture, to join the figures he sees in the third forest scene?
(a) He picks up an imaginary shovel.
(b) He takes off his clothes.
(c) He shoots at the figures.
(d) He leads the other prisoners in a revolt.

2. What happens to the tom-tom drumming when Emperor Jones shoots at the apparition in the third forest scene?
(a) It changes rhythm again.
(b) It gets closer.
(c) The drummer himself appears onstage.
(d) It gets quieter and less threatening.

3. What happens when Emperor Jones rings for the servants?
(a) They come and shoot him.
(b) No one comes.
(c) They begin to drum in the forest.
(d) They all come running.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Jones think he has been walking at the beginning of the second forest scene?

2. Which literary term describes Emperor Jones' vision of Jeff?

3. Emperor Jones sees figures in the forest. What do they seem to know?

4. How has Emperor Jones helped Smithers?

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

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