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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. Which literary term defines Jeff's apparition?
(a) Dream vision.
(b) Personification.
(c) Psychomachy.
(d) Parody.

2. Who gestures to Emperor Jones to join the figures in the apparition?
(a) Smithers.
(b) The guard.
(c) One of the prisoners.
(d) The witch doctor.

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

4. What wrongdoing does Emperor Jones admit to in the fourth forest scene?
(a) Killing Jeff and the prison guard.
(b) Running out on his wife and kids.
(c) Lying to the natives about his powers.
(d) Cheating at cards and craps.

5. What is the throne in the palace made of?
(a) Uncut wood.
(b) Precious metals and stones.
(c) Pearls and jewels.
(d) Ivory.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the second forest scene open?

2. What does Emperor Jones say at the beginning of the fifth forest scene?

3. What happens to the tom-tom drumming when Emperor Jones shoots at the apparition in the third forest scene?

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

5. What is Emperor Jones afraid of at the beginning of the fifth forest scene?

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