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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 dispel his final vision?
(a) He strangles the person who would harm him.
(b) He blinks his eyes and shakes his head and the vision disappears.
(c) He shoots the crocodile.
(d) He prays for forgiveness.

2. Whom does Emperor Jones resemble in his dress in the fifth forest scene?
(a) Jeff.
(b) A native African.
(c) Smithers.
(d) The prison guard.

3. What atmosphere does the tom-tom drumming create?
(a) Impending doom.
(b) Lingering regret.
(c) Savage anger.
(d) Celebration.

4. Someone enters the sixth forest scene with Emperor Jones. What does that figure represent to Emperor Jones?
(a) The forces of evil.
(b) Divine forgiveness.
(c) The spirit of justice.
(d) The spirit of the earth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Emperor Jones sees a group of figures in Act 1, Scene 4. Which literary term describes Emperor Jones' speech to the figures he sees?

2. How is the apparition in the fourth forest scene different from the previous apparitions?

3. What is the state of Emperor Jones' clothing as the fourth forest scene begins?

4. What color is Jones' uniform?

5. Which literary term describes the apparition in the fourth forest scene?

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