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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 the tom-tom drumming when Emperor Jones shoots at the apparition in the third forest scene?
(a) It changes rhythm again.
(b) The drummer himself appears onstage.
(c) It gets quieter and less threatening.
(d) It gets closer.

2. What does Emperor Jones hear in the forest?
(a) Laughing ghosts.
(b) A tom-tom drum.
(c) Gunshots.
(d) Whispering natives.

3. What does Emperor Jones' flight recall to him?
(a) Running away from his parents' house.
(b) His flight in America.
(c) His time as a long-distance runner.
(d) An earlier native uprising.

4. What is the basis for Smithers' authority in the palace?
(a) He is a medicine man.
(b) He is a white man.
(c) He is the emperor's right hand man.
(d) He is the emperor.

5. What is the setting where the play begins?
(a) In the forest.
(b) In the interior of a palace.
(c) In a Pullman car.
(d) In an American slave auction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wrongdoing does Emperor Jones admit to in the fourth forest scene?

2. Emperor Jones sees a group of figures in Act 1, Scene 4. What happens when the leader of that group turns his back to Emperor Jones?

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

4. What is the tone of the scene at the edge of the forest?

5. What can we gather from the fact that Emperor Jones does not shoot anyone in the apparition in the fifth forest scene?

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