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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Emperor Jones tell the natives that only one person can kill him--who is that?
(a) The ghost of Jeff.
(b) The witch doctor.
(c) Emperor Jones himself.
(d) Smithers.

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

3. What color is the throne?
(a) Bright red with an orange cushion.
(b) Jet black with a woven mat cushion.
(c) Dark green with a green cushion.
(d) Ivory with an animal fur cushion.

4. What does this third apparition tell us about Jones' past?
(a) That he remembers spending time on a chain gang.
(b) That he was once a prison guard.
(c) That he has had hallucinations in the past.
(d) That he was wrongly imprisoned.

5. What does Smithers tell Emperor Jones to look out for when Jones is leaving the palace?
(a) The witch doctor.
(b) Lem.
(c) Armed natives.
(d) Ghosts.

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

7. What does Smithers talk to the old woman about in the first scene?
(a) Where the other whites have gone.
(b) When the natives are going to kill Emperor Jones.
(c) Where she is going.
(d) Where Emperor Jones hid his food.

8. How do Emperor Jones and Smithers keep each other in their respective roles?
(a) They know secrets about each other.
(b) They plot together against the medicine man.
(c) They agree to share power.
(d) They kill each other's enemies.

9. What do the natives mistakenly think about Emperor Jones?
(a) He is a runaway felon.
(b) He has mysterious powers.
(c) He is a murderer.
(d) He is a god.

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

11. What does Emperor Jones feel when he sees Jeff in the second forest scene?
(a) Foolish.
(b) Terrified.
(c) Amazed.
(d) Guilty.

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

13. What happens to Emperor Jones when he sees the apparition in the third forest scene?
(a) His eyes bulge.
(b) He faints.
(c) His hands shake.
(d) He stammers.

14. Which literary term defines Jeff's apparition?
(a) Parody.
(b) Personification.
(c) Dream vision.
(d) Psychomachy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting where the play begins?

2. How much light is there in the scene where Emperor Jones sees the formless black figures?

3. Who is the first character to appear on stage?

4. What happens to lift Emperor Jones' spirits at the beginning of the second forest scene?

5. What appears to Emperor Jones in the first scene in the forest?

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