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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 long has Jones been walking at the beginning of the second forest scene?
(a) Half a day.
(b) Not long.
(c) All night.
(d) A full day.

2. What does Emperor Jones do after he shoots at the apparition in the third forest scene?
(a) He looks around for food.
(b) He celebrates his freedom.
(c) He flees into the forest.
(d) He heads back to the palace.

3. How does Emperor Jones feel at the beginning of the fifth forest scene?
(a) Exhausted.
(b) Free.
(c) Triumphant.
(d) Delirious.

4. What happens to lift Emperor Jones' spirits at the beginning of the second forest scene?
(a) One of the natives leads Jones through the forest.
(b) He finds the food he had hidden.
(c) Smithers shows up with a torch.
(d) The moonlight makes it easier to see.

5. What has changed about Emperor Jones' appearance as the fifth forest scene begins?
(a) He looks like a native god.
(b) He is beginning to resemble a native cheiftan.
(c) His pants are so tattered that he seems to be wearing only a loincloth.
(d) He is practically naked because his clothes are so tattered.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Smithers talk to the old woman about in the first scene?

2. What does Emperor Jones' flight recall to him?

3. How has the beat of the tom-tom changed when the second forest scene opens?

4. Where does the fifth forest scene open?

5. Why was Emperor Jones foolish to have fired his gun in the forest?

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