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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. How does Jeff's appearance affect Jones' flight?
(a) He thinks that he can go back to America and make everything right.
(b) He feels that he will not escape from his past, no matter how far he runs.
(c) He feels that if he can just escape from the island he will be safe.
(d) He makes Jones desperate to escape from himself.

2. What is the tone of Emperor Jones' vision in the fifth forest scene?
(a) Melancholy and despair.
(b) Jubilation and homecoming.
(c) Sadness and grieving.
(d) Anxiety and apprehension.

3. Whose experience is Emperor Jones envisioning in the fifth forest scene?
(a) His own.
(b) His ancestors'.
(c) Jeff's.
(d) Smithers'.

4. How does Emperor Jones say he killed Jeff?
(a) With a gun.
(b) With a razor.
(c) With his hands.
(d) He threw him off a train.

5. How has the beat of the tom-tom changed when the second forest scene opens?
(a) It is quieter, but it plays an angry rhythm.
(b) It is closer than before, but it is subdued.
(c) It is louder and closer than before.
(d) It has been joined by other drums.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the figures arranged in Emperor Jones' vision in the fifth forest scene?

2. What has changed about Emperor Jones' appearance as the fifth forest scene begins?

3. Whom does Emperor Jones resemble in his dress in the fifth forest scene?

4. How do the figures that Emperor Jones sees in the forest move?

5. What apparition does Emperor Jones see in this fourth forest scene?

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