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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Emperor Jones first fires his gun in the forest?
(a) The tom-tom stops.
(b) He kills a crocodile.
(c) He kills one of the native leaders.
(d) The tom-tom gets louder and closer.

2. What literary term describes Emperor Jones' language when he shoots at the apparition?
(a) Declaration.
(b) Interrogation.
(c) Exclamation.
(d) Inquiry.

3. What are the figures carrying who Emperor Jones sees in the third forest scene?
(a) Bodies.
(b) Picks and shovels.
(c) Bows and arrows.
(d) Guns and shields.

4. 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.

5. How does Emperor Jones say he killed Jeff?
(a) With his hands.
(b) With a razor.
(c) With a gun.
(d) He threw him off a train.

6. How does Jeff's appearance affect Jones' flight?
(a) He makes Jones desperate to escape from himself.
(b) He feels that if he can just escape from the island he will be safe.
(c) He thinks that he can go back to America and make everything right.
(d) He feels that he will not escape from his past, no matter how far he runs.

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

8. Emperor Jones sees a group of figures in Act 1, Scene 4. What happens when the leader of that group turns his back to Emperor Jones?
(a) Jones shoots him with the silver bullet.
(b) Jones acts as if to slit his throat.
(c) Jones runs into the forest.
(d) Jones acts as if to hit him with a shovel.

9. What kind of gun does Emperor Jones carry?
(a) Submachine gun.
(b) AK-47.
(c) Hunting rifle.
(d) Long-barreled revolver.

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

11. Who is the first character to appear on stage?
(a) Emperor Jones.
(b) An old woman.
(c) Smithers.
(d) Lem.

12. How long has Jones been walking at the beginning of the second forest scene?
(a) A full day.
(b) All night.
(c) Half a day.
(d) Not long.

13. Of the people Emperor Jones sees in his vision in Act 1, Scene 4, one is in charge. What does he carry?
(a) A shovel.
(b) A pick.
(c) Dice.
(d) A whip.

14. What do the dark figures who Emperor Jones sees in the forest know?
(a) They do not say anything.
(b) They tell him to leave.
(c) They tell him where to go.
(d) They predict his future.

15. What does the omnipresence of the tom-tom drumming tell us about Emperor Jones' state of mind?
(a) That he will no longer swindle the natives.
(b) That he cannot escape from this situation.
(c) That he is a passive participant in his life now.
(d) That he is dreaming all of this.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How has the beat of the tom-tom changed when the second forest scene opens?

3. Which literary term describes the structure of the first three forest scenes?

4. What does Emperor Jones tell himself at the beginning of the third forest scene?

5. What happens when Emperor Jones rings for the servants?

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