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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 tone of Emperor Jones' vision in the fifth forest scene?
(a) Melancholy and despair.
(b) Jubilation and homecoming.
(c) Anxiety and apprehension.
(d) Sadness and grieving.

2. Whose help does Emperor Jones ask for in the fourth forest scene?
(a) Smithers'.
(b) Lem's.
(c) Jeff's.
(d) God's.

3. Emperor Jones sees a group of figures in Act 1, Scene 4. What happens when Emperor Jones shoots at the leader?
(a) Smithers brings him food.
(b) The natives find him and chase him.
(c) Jeff returns on the side of the stage.
(d) The apparition disappears.

4. What happens to the tom-tom drumming when Emperor Jones shoots at the apparition in the third forest scene?
(a) It changes rhythm again.
(b) It gets quieter and less threatening.
(c) The drummer himself appears onstage.
(d) It gets closer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Someone enters the sixth forest scene with Emperor Jones. What does that person do?

2. What does the vision Emperor Jones sees in the fourth forest scene tell us about the development of the play?

3. How do Emperor Jones and Smithers keep each other in their respective roles?

4. What does Emperor Jones do once he sees his part in the vision in the fourth forest scene?

5. What is the setting where the play begins?

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