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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which literary term describes the structure of the first three forest scenes?
(a) Dialogues.
(b) Monologues.
(c) Vignettes.
(d) Catharses.

2. 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) Where Jones' food is.
(d) When Jones will die.

3. How does Emperor Jones' flight recall his time in America?
(a) He did not have the resources he needed then, either.
(b) He was always on the run from his wife and family.
(c) He lived in the forest there as well.
(d) He was always traveling as a salesman.

4. Who does Emperor Jones see after he talks to himself when he enters in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) The natives.
(b) A marketplace full of slaves.
(c) Jeff.
(d) A chain gang.

5. The black figures that Emperor Jones sees in the first forest scene are amused by what?
(a) Emperor Jones' clothing.
(b) Emperor Jones' gun.
(c) Emperor Jones' panic.
(d) Emperor Jones' language.

6. What is the throne in the palace made of?
(a) Ivory.
(b) Pearls and jewels.
(c) Uncut wood.
(d) Precious metals and stones.

7. How does Emperor Jones feel when he is orienting himself in the forest?
(a) Warlike.
(b) Reflective.
(c) Nostalgic.
(d) Panicked.

8. How much light is there in the scene where Emperor Jones sees the formless black figures?
(a) The faint light of dawn lights the stage.
(b) Very little--the moon has not yet risen.
(c) The scene is lit fully by the daytime sun.
(d) A full moon lights the stage.

9. How does the tom-tom drumming change at the end of the second forest scene?
(a) It gets angrier.
(b) It fades to quiet.
(c) It gets faster and closer.
(d) It gets further away.

10. Which literary term describes Emperor Jones' vision of Jeff?
(a) Catharsis.
(b) Flashback.
(c) Epiphany.
(d) Foreshadowing.

11. Where is the play set?
(a) Florida Keys.
(b) West Indies.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Hispaniola.

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

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

14. Which literary device is employed in this first forest scene?
(a) Personification.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Elegy.
(d) Literal meaning.

15. What is the tone of the scene at the edge of the forest?
(a) Confidence.
(b) Humor.
(c) Panic.
(d) Contentment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emperor Jones do after he shoots at the apparition in the third forest scene?

2. What makes Emperor Jones laugh at the beginning of the second forest scene?

3. What is the first thing Emperor Jones asks Smithers?

4. Which term describes how Emperor Jones speaks after he leaves the palace?

5. What atmosphere does the tom-tom drumming create?

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