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

2. What does Emperor Jones' flight recall to him?
(a) His time as a long-distance runner.
(b) His flight in America.
(c) An earlier native uprising.
(d) Running away from his parents' house.

3. What are the figures carrying who Emperor Jones sees in the third forest scene?
(a) Picks and shovels.
(b) Bodies.
(c) Guns and shields.
(d) Bows and arrows.

4. Who does Emperor Jones stand in for in the fourth forest scene?
(a) All slave buyers.
(b) All slaves.
(c) All black American men.
(d) All black men.

5. What does Emperor Jones tell himself at the beginning of the third forest scene?
(a) That he has not seen any ghosts.
(b) That he is dreaming.
(c) That he is going to die.
(d) That he will go back and kill Jeff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do we learn from the interaction between what Emperor Jones says and what the figures say in the vision Emperor Jones sees in the fifth forest scene?

2. Which literary term describes the apparition in the fourth forest scene?

3. What is the irony at the end of Emperor Jones?

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

5. How does Emperor Jones feel at the beginning of the fifth forest scene?

(see the answer key)

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