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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 are the figures carrying who Emperor Jones sees in the third forest scene?
(a) Guns and shields.
(b) Picks and shovels.
(c) Bows and arrows.
(d) Bodies.

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

3. How far away was Emperor Jones' would-be assassin when the gun misfired?
(a) 5 feet.
(b) 20 feet.
(c) Point blank.
(d) 10 feet.

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

5. What is the first thing Emperor Jones asks Smithers?
(a) Who the old woman's children are.
(b) What did he do wrong.
(c) Why white men are always in charge.
(d) Where everyone is.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Jeff wearing when Emperor Jones sees him?

3. What does Jones do when he appears at the beginning of the third forest scene?

4. Emperor Jones sees a group of figures in Act 1, Scene 4. What happens when Emperor Jones shoots at the leader?

5. What does Emperor Jones feel when he sees Jeff in the second forest scene?

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