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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Emperor Jones return to the forest at the end of the second forest scene?
(a) Confidently.
(b) Enthusiastically.
(c) Stealthily.
(d) Wildly.

2. What happens to Emperor Jones when he sees the apparition in the third forest scene?
(a) His hands shake.
(b) He stammers.
(c) His eyes bulge.
(d) He faints.

3. How does Emperor Jones' flight recall his time in America?
(a) He did not have the resources he needed then, either.
(b) He lived in the forest there as well.
(c) He was always on the run from his wife and family.
(d) He was always traveling as a salesman.

4. What does the omnipresence of the tom-tom drumming tell us about Emperor Jones' state of mind?
(a) That he is dreaming all of this.
(b) That he will no longer swindle the natives.
(c) That he cannot escape from this situation.
(d) That he is a passive participant in his life now.

5. What apparition does Emperor Jones see in this fourth forest scene?
(a) A prison scene.
(b) A slave auction.
(c) A slave uprising.
(d) A trial in court.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to lift Emperor Jones' spirits at the beginning of the second forest scene?

2. What color is the throne?

3. What are the figures saying in Emperor Jones' vision in the fifth forest scene?

4. Which answer describes Jeff's movements?

5. Of the people Emperor Jones sees in his vision in Act 1, Scene 4, one is in charge. What does he carry?

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