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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the irony at the end of Emperor Jones?
(a) Jones manipulated the natives by saying that he could only be killed by a silver bullet, but they killed him with a silver bullet after all.
(b) Jones swore that he could only be killed by a silver bullet, but he died of self-inflicted injuries and exhaustion.
(c) Jones had run away from imprisonment in America, and then he died of his freedom in the West Indies.
(d) Jones had always claimed to be immortal, but the natives threatened his life and he showed them that he was afraid of death.

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

3. What has changed about Emperor Jones' appearance as the fifth forest scene begins?
(a) He is practically naked because his clothes are so tattered.
(b) His pants are so tattered that he seems to be wearing only a loincloth.
(c) He looks like a native god.
(d) He is beginning to resemble a native cheiftan.

4. Which character is the first to appear in the second scene in the forest?
(a) Smithers.
(b) The witch doctor.
(c) Jeff.
(d) Emperor Jones.

5. Where does Emperor Jones go at the end of this first scene outside the palace?
(a) Back to the palace.
(b) To the port.
(c) To the beach.
(d) Into the forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Emperor Jones head for the forest at the end of the first scene?

2. What has the forest come to symbolize over the course of the five forest scenes so far?

3. How does Emperor Jones feel about the thing he throws into the bushes in the fourth forest scene?

4. How does Emperor Jones feel when he is orienting himself in the forest?

5. Where have all the natives gone when the play is just beginning?

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