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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Emperor Jones learn the ways of the white man?
(a) A real estate business.
(b) A tracking and hunting outfit.
(c) A welder on steam engines.
(d) A Pullman car.

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

3. How has Emperor Jones changed in the first four scenes?
(a) He has lost his confidence and his regal bearing.
(b) He is more and more imperial in his status.
(c) He is wiser and more thoughtful about his responsibilities.
(d) He has more power to deal with things.

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

5. What does Jones do when he appears at the beginning of the third forest scene?
(a) He encounters the witch doctor.
(b) He runs about wildly.
(c) He sees Jeff's apparition.
(d) He stops to catch his breath.

6. Which statement describes the eyes of the figures whom Emperor Jones sees in the first forest scene?
(a) They are blind.
(b) They are deformed.
(c) They are angry.
(d) They glow.

7. What does Emperor Jones do to make Jeff disappear?
(a) Dances around it.
(b) Begs for forgiveness.
(c) Shoots at it.
(d) Yells at it.

8. How does Smithers say that Emperor Jones came into his position?
(a) An election.
(b) A military coup.
(c) A silver bullet.
(d) A power-sharing deal.

9. 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.

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

11. What happens when Emperor Jones rings for the servants?
(a) They come and shoot him.
(b) They all come running.
(c) No one comes.
(d) They begin to drum in the forest.

12. How do the figures that Emperor Jones sees in the forest move?
(a) They seethe and boil like an ocean.
(b) They run on long legs.
(c) They walk on long tentacles.
(d) They try to stand but fall over.

13. What atmosphere does the tom-tom drumming create?
(a) Savage anger.
(b) Lingering regret.
(c) Impending doom.
(d) Celebration.

14. 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 was always traveling as a salesman.
(d) He lived in the forest there as well.

15. What is Jeff wearing when Emperor Jones sees him?
(a) Jones' old clothes.
(b) A Pullman porter's suit.
(c) A loincloth.
(d) A loincloth and cartridge belt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Emperor Jones tell the natives that only one person can kill him--who is that?

2. How does Jeff's appearance affect Jones' flight?

3. Which literary term defines Jeff's apparition?

4. What does Emperor Jones feel when he sees Jeff in the second forest scene?

5. How long has Jones been walking at the beginning of the second forest scene?

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