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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 does this third apparition tell us about Jones' past?
(a) That he has had hallucinations in the past.
(b) That he was wrongly imprisoned.
(c) That he was once a prison guard.
(d) That he remembers spending time on a chain gang.

2. Which statement describes the eyes of the figures whom Emperor Jones sees in the first forest scene?
(a) They are blind.
(b) They are angry.
(c) They are deformed.
(d) They glow.

3. How does the second forest scene open?
(a) The sun sets.
(b) The moon rises.
(c) The moon sets.
(d) The sun rises.

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

5. Where did Emperor Jones learn the ways of the white man?
(a) A welder on steam engines.
(b) A tracking and hunting outfit.
(c) A real estate business.
(d) A Pullman car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which literary term describes the interaction between Emperor Jones' voice and the voices of the figures in his vision in the fifth forest scene?

2. What is the tone of Emperor Jones' vision in the fifth forest scene?

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

4. What does Emperor Jones do when he is invited, with a gesture, to join the figures he sees in the third forest scene?

5. Which literary term describes Emperor Jones' vision of Jeff?

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