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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 is the setting where the play begins?
(a) In a Pullman car.
(b) In the forest.
(c) In an American slave auction.
(d) In the interior of a palace.

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

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

4. What atmosphere does the tom-tom drumming create?
(a) Savage anger.
(b) Impending doom.
(c) Lingering regret.
(d) Celebration.

5. Who are the figures Emperor Jones sees working in this third forest scene?
(a) Slaves on a chain gang.
(b) Natives.
(c) Lem and the witch doctor.
(d) Smithers and Lem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which literary style describes the scenes in which Emperor Jones sees apparitions?

2. Which character is the first to appear in the second scene in the forest?

3. How has Emperor Jones changed in the first four scenes?

4. How far away was Emperor Jones' would-be assassin when the gun misfired?

5. Which statement describes the eyes of the figures whom Emperor Jones sees in the first forest scene?

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