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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 feel in the moments before he first sees the black figures in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Free.
(b) Fatigued.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Terrified.

2. Where does Emperor Jones go at the end of the fourth forest scene?
(a) Back into the forest.
(b) Back to the palace.
(c) Into a cave.
(d) To the port.

3. What appears to Emperor Jones in the first scene in the forest?
(a) The witch doctor.
(b) Native soldiers.
(c) Black formless fears.
(d) His memory of a slave auction.

4. What color is the throne?
(a) Dark green with a green cushion.
(b) Jet black with a woven mat cushion.
(c) Ivory with an animal fur cushion.
(d) Bright red with an orange cushion.

5. What makes Emperor Jones laugh at the beginning of the second forest scene?
(a) His freedom.
(b) His anticipation of escape.
(c) His own foolishness.
(d) His apperance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What provision has Emperor Jones made in case of uprising?

2. What do the dark figures who Emperor Jones sees in the forest know?

3. Who enters the sixth forest scene with Emperor Jones?

4. How has Emperor Jones' appearance changed since the scene with the black figures?

5. What happens to the tom-tom drumming when Emperor Jones shoots at the apparition in the third forest scene?

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