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

2. Which statement describes the eyes of the figures whom Emperor Jones sees in the first forest scene?
(a) They are deformed.
(b) They are blind.
(c) They glow.
(d) They are angry.

3. What does the other figure in the sixth forest scene with Emperor Jones intend to do?
(a) Make a sacrifice to a crocodile.
(b) Take Emperor Jones home and take care of him.
(c) Slit Emperor Jones' throat with a razor.
(d) Return Emperor Jones to a village in Africa.

4. How is the apparition in the fourth forest scene different from the previous apparitions?
(a) The apparition is not from Emperor Jones' personal experience.
(b) This apparation takes place underwater.
(c) This apparition unfolds backwards in time.
(d) The apparition is not dispelled with a gunshot.

5. How do the figures that Emperor Jones sees in the forest move?
(a) They run on long legs.
(b) They walk on long tentacles.
(c) They try to stand but fall over.
(d) They seethe and boil like an ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Emperor Jones sees figures in the forest. What do they seem to know?

2. What happens when Emperor Jones rings for the servants?

3. How long has Jones been walking at the beginning of the second forest scene?

4. How does the second forest scene open?

5. Where is the play set?

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