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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the basis for Smithers' authority in the palace?
(a) He is a medicine man.
(b) He is a white man.
(c) He is the emperor's right hand man.
(d) He is the emperor.

3. Which literary style describes the scenes in which Emperor Jones sees apparitions?
(a) Naturalism.
(b) Magic realism.
(c) Realism.
(d) Allegory.

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

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

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

7. 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 hit him with a shovel.
(c) Jones runs into the forest.
(d) Jones acts as if to slit his throat.

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

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

10. Emperor Jones sees a group of figures in Act 1, Scene 4. Which literary term describes Emperor Jones' speech to the figures he sees?
(a) Soliloquy.
(b) Dialogue.
(c) Apostrophe.
(d) Interrogation.

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

12. What does Emperor Jones do after he shoots at the apparition in the third forest scene?
(a) He celebrates his freedom.
(b) He looks around for food.
(c) He flees into the forest.
(d) He heads back to the palace.

13. Where does Emperor Jones look for the food he buried?
(a) In a cave.
(b) In the hollow of a tree.
(c) In a clearing.
(d) Under a white rock.

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

15. Emperor Jones sees a group of figures in Act 1, Scene 4. What happens when Emperor Jones shoots at the leader?
(a) The natives find him and chase him.
(b) Smithers brings him food.
(c) Jeff returns on the side of the stage.
(d) The apparition disappears.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far away was Emperor Jones' would-be assassin when the gun misfired?

2. Who tried but failed to kill Emperor Jones?

3. What does Emperor Jones throw into the bushes?

4. What happens to Emperor Jones when he sees the apparition in the third forest scene?

5. The black figures that Emperor Jones sees in the first forest scene are amused by what?

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