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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How are the figures arranged in Emperor Jones' vision in the fifth forest scene?
(a) Dancing in a circle.
(b) Gathered around the altar.
(c) Bounding back and forth across the stage.
(d) Arranged in symmetrical rows.

3. What atmosphere does the drumming create during the fourth forest scene?
(a) Artful beauty.
(b) Disorder and confusion.
(c) Blood-boiling desperation.
(d) Meditative calm.

4. Where does the fourth forest scene begin?
(a) A clearing in the forest.
(b) In front of the palace.
(c) In a cave.
(d) A crossroads in the plain.

5. What is the state of Emperor Jones' clothing as the fourth forest scene begins?
(a) Primitive and proud.
(b) Proud and imperial.
(c) Natty and neat.
(d) Dirty and tattered.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tried but failed to kill Emperor Jones?

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

3. When does Emperor Jones notice the tom-tom?

4. What does Smithers talk to the old woman about in the first scene?

5. What appears to Emperor Jones in the first scene in the forest?

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