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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. Where does the fourth forest scene begin?
(a) A crossroads in the plain.
(b) In front of the palace.
(c) A clearing in the forest.
(d) In a cave.

2. Who tried but failed to kill Emperor Jones?
(a) Smithers.
(b) Jeff.
(c) Lem.
(d) The witch doctor.

3. Emperor Jones sees figures in the forest. What do they seem to know?
(a) What the tom-tom means.
(b) Where the natives are gathering.
(c) When Jones will die.
(d) Where Jones' food is.

4. How has Emperor Jones helped Smithers?
(a) By killing the man who was cheating Smithers.
(b) By hiring him.
(c) By installing him as Emperor.
(d) By freeing him from jail.

5. Who enters the sixth forest scene with Emperor Jones?
(a) The natives.
(b) Smithers.
(c) The witch doctor.
(d) Jeff.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. What is the throne in the palace made of?

5. Is Emperor Jones moving any closer to freedom in the fifth forest scene?

(see the answer key)

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