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

2. What does Emperor Jones say at the beginning of the fifth forest scene?
(a) He vows to kill Smithers.
(b) He tells himself that he will be free.
(c) He pleads for mercy because of his suffering.
(d) He is only moaning.

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

4. Which literary term best approximates the sound Emperor Jones makes in the fifth forest scene?
(a) Ode.
(b) Canticle.
(c) Chanson.
(d) Dirge.

5. Emperor Jones sees a group of figures in Act 1, Scene 4. What does he say to their leader?
(a) He says that he is in charge here.
(b) He promises to avenge his imprisonment.
(c) He swears he will kill him.
(d) He proclaims his innocence.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is the apparition in the fourth forest scene different from the previous apparitions?

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

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

5. How long has Jones been walking at the beginning of the second forest scene?

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