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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. Where did Emperor Jones learn the ways of the white man?
(a) A welder on steam engines.
(b) A Pullman car.
(c) A real estate business.
(d) A tracking and hunting outfit.

2. Where does Emperor Jones look for the food he buried?
(a) In a cave.
(b) In a clearing.
(c) Under a white rock.
(d) In the hollow of a tree.

3. How does the tom-tom drumming change at the end of the second forest scene?
(a) It gets further away.
(b) It gets angrier.
(c) It gets faster and closer.
(d) It fades to quiet.

4. Which literary device is employed in this first forest scene?
(a) Elegy.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Personification.
(d) Literal meaning.

5. What does Emperor Jones do after he shoots at the apparition in the third forest scene?
(a) He heads back to the palace.
(b) He flees into the forest.
(c) He celebrates his freedom.
(d) He looks around for food.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Emperor Jones sees a group of figures in Act 1, Scene 4. What does he say to their leader?

4. What does Emperor Jones tell himself at the beginning of the third forest scene?

5. Where does the third forest scene begin?

(see the answer key)

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