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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 does Jones do when he appears at the beginning of the third forest scene?
(a) He sees Jeff's apparition.
(b) He encounters the witch doctor.
(c) He stops to catch his breath.
(d) He runs about wildly.

2. What is the first thing Emperor Jones asks Smithers?
(a) Who the old woman's children are.
(b) Why white men are always in charge.
(c) What did he do wrong.
(d) Where everyone is.

3. Which answer represents the setting when the last scene opens?
(a) Sunset.
(b) Middle of the night.
(c) Noon.
(d) Dawn.

4. Who are the figures Emperor Jones sees working in this third forest scene?
(a) Natives.
(b) Smithers and Lem.
(c) Slaves on a chain gang.
(d) Lem and the witch doctor.

5. What provision has Emperor Jones made in case of uprising?
(a) He stockpiled weapons in the palace.
(b) He buried food in the forest.
(c) He trained an elite security force.
(d) He put Smithers in charge of security.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the natives mistakenly think about Emperor Jones?

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

3. What color is the throne?

4. What is the basis for Smithers' authority in the palace?

5. What appears to Emperor Jones in the first scene in the forest?

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