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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. Emperor Jones sees figures in the forest. What do they seem to know?
(a) Where the natives are gathering.
(b) Where Jones' food is.
(c) When Jones will die.
(d) What the tom-tom means.

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

3. What wrongdoing does Emperor Jones admit to in the fourth forest scene?
(a) Running out on his wife and kids.
(b) Cheating at cards and craps.
(c) Killing Jeff and the prison guard.
(d) Lying to the natives about his powers.

4. What are the figures carrying who Emperor Jones sees in the third forest scene?
(a) Guns and shields.
(b) Picks and shovels.
(c) Bows and arrows.
(d) Bodies.

5. What does Emperor Jones do to make Jeff disappear?
(a) Begs for forgiveness.
(b) Yells at it.
(c) Dances around it.
(d) Shoots at it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which statement describes the eyes of the figures whom Emperor Jones sees in the first forest scene?

2. What is Jeff wearing when Emperor Jones sees him?

3. Where does Emperor Jones look for the food he buried?

4. Who does Emperor Jones stand in for in the fourth forest scene?

5. Who tried but failed to kill Emperor Jones?

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