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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 do the figures move in the vision Emperor Jones sees in the fifth forest scene?
(a) Rhythmically, as if they were rowing.
(b) In a frenzy, as if they were dancing.
(c) Calmly, as if they were reassuring him.
(d) Violently, as if they were being tortured.

2. What does Emperor Jones throw into the bushes?
(a) His food.
(b) His gun.
(c) His jacket and spurs.
(d) His striped pants.

3. What is the setting of the sixth forest scene?
(a) A tangled forest.
(b) A crossroads.
(c) A beach.
(d) A clearing in the forest.

4. Why was Emperor Jones foolish to have fired his gun in the forest?
(a) He is wasting his last remaining bullets.
(b) He is killing natives and angering native leaders.
(c) He is ruining the palace.
(d) The natives will know where he is.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the dark figures represent who Emperor Jones sees in the woods?

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

4. Which literary device is employed in this first forest scene?

5. Where does Emperor Jones go at the end of the fifth forest scene?

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