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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happens to the tom-tom drumming when Emperor Jones shoots at the apparition in the third forest scene?
(a) It changes rhythm again.
(b) The drummer himself appears onstage.
(c) It gets quieter and less threatening.
(d) It gets closer.

4. What does Emperor Jones' flight recall to him?
(a) His time as a long-distance runner.
(b) His flight in America.
(c) Running away from his parents' house.
(d) An earlier native uprising.

5. How are the forest scenes different from the opening scene in the palace?
(a) They are more satirical.
(b) They are less realistic.
(c) They lack the first scene's dark humor.
(d) They are more hyperbole.

6. What does Emperor Jones lose in the forest?
(a) His bearings.
(b) His gun.
(c) His past.
(d) His memory.

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

8. The allegorical appearance of figures can also be described as what literary device?
(a) Realism.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Dream vision.
(d) Vision quest.

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

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

11. Who tried but failed to kill Emperor Jones?
(a) Smithers.
(b) Jeff.
(c) Lem.
(d) The witch doctor.

12. What is the setting where the play begins?
(a) In an American slave auction.
(b) In the interior of a palace.
(c) In the forest.
(d) In a Pullman car.

13. What makes Emperor Jones laugh at the beginning of the second forest scene?
(a) His freedom.
(b) His anticipation of escape.
(c) His own foolishness.
(d) His apperance.

14. What does Smithers tell Emperor Jones to look out for when Jones is leaving the palace?
(a) Armed natives.
(b) The witch doctor.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Lem.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Emperor Jones do when he is invited, with a gesture, to join the figures he sees in the third forest scene?

3. How has Emperor Jones' appearance changed since the scene with the black figures?

4. How long does Jones think he has been walking at the beginning of the second forest scene?

5. What does Emperor Jones throw into the bushes?

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