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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the throne in the palace made of?
(a) Ivory.
(b) Pearls and jewels.
(c) Precious metals and stones.
(d) Uncut wood.

3. What does Emperor Jones tell himself at the beginning of the third forest scene?
(a) That he is dreaming.
(b) That he will go back and kill Jeff.
(c) That he is going to die.
(d) That he has not seen any ghosts.

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

5. What does Jeff say when Emperor Jones speaks to him?
(a) He accuses Jones of killing him.
(b) He does not respond.
(c) He vows revenge.
(d) He predicts Jones' death.

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

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

8. How does Emperor Jones return to the forest at the end of the second forest scene?
(a) Enthusiastically.
(b) Wildly.
(c) Stealthily.
(d) Confidently.

9. What is Jeff doing when Emperor Jones sees him?
(a) Threatening to shoot Jones.
(b) Running through the forest.
(c) Shooting a prison guard.
(d) Shooting craps.

10. How does Emperor Jones feel in the moments before he first sees the black figures in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Terrified.
(b) Free.
(c) Fatigued.
(d) Relieved.

11. When does Emperor Jones notice the tom-tom?
(a) When he cannot find his food.
(b) When he fires his gun.
(c) When he thinks he hears footsteps.
(d) When he hears laughter in the forest.

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

13. Where have all the natives gone when the play is just beginning?
(a) To the hills.
(b) To the beach.
(c) To the palace.
(d) To the USA.

14. What does Emperor Jones hear in the forest?
(a) Laughing ghosts.
(b) Whispering natives.
(c) Gunshots.
(d) A tom-tom drum.

15. Who are the figures Emperor Jones sees working in this third forest scene?
(a) Smithers and Lem.
(b) Natives.
(c) Slaves on a chain gang.
(d) Lem and the witch doctor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the second forest scene open?

3. What does the omnipresence of the tom-tom drumming tell us about Emperor Jones' state of mind?

4. Where does Emperor Jones go at the end of this first scene outside the palace?

5. What literary term describes Emperor Jones' language when he shoots at the apparition?

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