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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 do the dark figures represent who Emperor Jones sees in the woods?
(a) The souls of the people he has killed.
(b) The black people who came before him.
(c) His sins and evil deeds.
(d) His memories of his family.

2. What does Emperor Jones do when he comes on stage in the fourth forest scene?
(a) Shoot the rebellious natives.
(b) Sit on a stump and put his head in his hands.
(c) Stalk around the stage, making threats.
(d) Talk about killing himself.

3. What does Emperor Jones lose in the forest?
(a) His gun.
(b) His past.
(c) His memory.
(d) His bearings.

4. Is the apparition in the fourth forest scene from Emperor Jones' past?
(a) No, it is an ancestral vision.
(b) No, it is Lem's vision of a blood sacrifice.
(c) Yes, it recalls the time he spent on a chain gang.
(d) Yes, it recalls the time when he was sold at auction.

5. How are the figures positioned in the vision Emperor Jones sees in the fifth forest scene?
(a) They are seated with their backs against the forest walls.
(b) They are huddled together in a mass.
(c) They are stacked the way slaves were stacked on slave ships.
(d) They surround Jones like a hostile mob.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has the forest come to symbolize over the course of the five forest scenes so far?

3. What does the setting in the fifth forest scene represent?

4. What does Jones do when he appears at the beginning of the third forest scene?

5. How does Jeff's appearance affect Jones' flight?

(see the answer key)

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