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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What do the dark figures represent who Emperor Jones sees in the woods?
(a) His sins and evil deeds.
(b) The black people who came before him.
(c) His memories of his family.
(d) The souls of the people he has killed.

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

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

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

6. How well has Emperor Jones prepared for his flight from the palace?
(a) He underestimated what he would need.
(b) He has more than enough supplies to get him to safety.
(c) He knows where to find what he needs in the forest.
(d) He has hidden the supplies that will get him to safety.

7. Which literary device describes the increasing tempo of the tom-tom drumming?
(a) Tone.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Style.
(d) Setting.

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

9. What color is Jones' uniform?
(a) Black with gold stripes.
(b) Light blue with a red stripe.
(c) White with gold chevrons.
(d) Blue with gold chevrons.

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

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

12. Which character is the first to appear in the second scene in the forest?
(a) Emperor Jones.
(b) Jeff.
(c) The witch doctor.
(d) Smithers.

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How does Smithers say that Emperor Jones came into his position?

3. Where does Emperor Jones look for the food he buried?

4. What does Emperor Jones throw into the bushes?

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

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