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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 to make Jeff disappear?
(a) Begs for forgiveness.
(b) Yells at it.
(c) Shoots at it.
(d) Dances around it.

2. What makes Emperor Jones laugh at the beginning of the second forest scene?
(a) His freedom.
(b) His apperance.
(c) His own foolishness.
(d) His anticipation of escape.

3. What does Jones do when he appears at the beginning of the third forest scene?
(a) He stops to catch his breath.
(b) He sees Jeff's apparition.
(c) He runs about wildly.
(d) He encounters the witch doctor.

4. The black figures that Emperor Jones sees in the first forest scene are amused by what?
(a) Emperor Jones' language.
(b) Emperor Jones' panic.
(c) Emperor Jones' clothing.
(d) Emperor Jones' gun.

5. What happens to lift Emperor Jones' spirits at the beginning of the second forest scene?
(a) He finds the food he had hidden.
(b) The moonlight makes it easier to see.
(c) Smithers shows up with a torch.
(d) One of the natives leads Jones through the forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which literary term describes Emperor Jones' work in the third forest scene?

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

3. What is the throne in the palace made of?

4. What does Jeff say when Emperor Jones speaks to him?

5. Emperor Jones sees a group of figures in Act 1, Scene 4. What happens when the leader of that group turns his back to Emperor Jones?

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