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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Emperor Jones sees a group of figures in Act 1, Scene 4. What does he say to their leader?
(a) He says that he is in charge here.
(b) He promises to avenge his imprisonment.
(c) He swears he will kill him.
(d) He proclaims his innocence.

3. How does the second forest scene open?
(a) The sun sets.
(b) The moon rises.
(c) The sun rises.
(d) The moon sets.

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

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

6. What happens to lift Emperor Jones' spirits at the beginning of the second forest scene?
(a) One of the natives leads Jones through the forest.
(b) Smithers shows up with a torch.
(c) The moonlight makes it easier to see.
(d) He finds the food he had hidden.

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

8. How does Emperor Jones feel after he has seen the black figures?
(a) He is confident and laughing about his luck.
(b) He has collected his thoughts and he has a plan.
(c) He steels himself against his fears.
(d) He is terrified and runs blindly into the forest.

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

10. What is the first thing Emperor Jones asks Smithers?
(a) Where everyone is.
(b) What did he do wrong.
(c) Why white men are always in charge.
(d) Who the old woman's children are.

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

12. What does Emperor Jones decide to do after he rings for the servants?
(a) Fortify the palace.
(b) Burn the palace down.
(c) Send the army into the hills for the natives.
(d) Head for the hills.

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

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

15. Why does Emperor Jones head for the forest at the end of the first scene?
(a) To outflank the natives.
(b) To avoid conflict with the natives.
(c) To distance himself from his own authority.
(d) To confront the natives.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the tom-tom drumming change at the end of the second forest scene?

2. What does Emperor Jones hear in the forest?

3. What does Jeff say when Emperor Jones speaks to him?

4. What is Jeff doing when Emperor Jones sees him?

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

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