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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 has the forest come to symbolize over the course of the five forest scenes so far?
(a) Emperor Jones' racial history.
(b) The redemptive fecundity of nature.
(c) The chaos at the heart of the universe.
(d) The darkness in the heart of men.

2. What is Emperor Jones afraid of at the beginning of the fifth forest scene?
(a) Lem.
(b) Imminent capture.
(c) Starvation.
(d) Formless fears.

3. What does Emperor Jones lose in the forest?
(a) His past.
(b) His memory.
(c) His gun.
(d) His bearings.

4. How have the natives triumphed by the end of the play?
(a) They have killed a tyrant.
(b) They have overcome their superstitious beliefs.
(c) They have escaped from voodoo by killing the witch doctor.
(d) They have mastered the art of stone carving.

5. Where does the fifth forest scene open?
(a) In a clearing in the forest.
(b) In the palace.
(c) At a crossroads in the forest.
(d) In an overgrown part of the forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first character to enter in the final scene?

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

3. How are the forest scenes different from the opening scene in the palace?

4. Which rhetorical term describes Emperor Jones' request for assistance?

5. What does Emperor Jones do when he is invited, with a gesture, to join the figures he sees in the third forest scene?

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