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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the tone of Emperor Jones' vision in the fifth forest scene?
(a) Melancholy and despair.
(b) Sadness and grieving.
(c) Anxiety and apprehension.
(d) Jubilation and homecoming.

2. How does the beat of the tom-tom change at the end of Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) It is closer and quicker than before.
(b) It is practically on stage.
(c) It is almost frenzied.
(d) It is getting quieter and quieter.

3. Whom does Emperor Jones resemble in his dress in the fifth forest scene?
(a) Smithers.
(b) Jeff.
(c) A native African.
(d) The prison guard.

4. What does the sixth forest scene tell us about Emperor Jones' wanderings?
(a) He has finally made it to a place of safety.
(b) He is far away from the palace and totally disoriented.
(c) He has traveled to the place where the natives will find him.
(d) He has eluded his pursuers, and knows where to run to.

5. Emperor Jones sees a scene in Act 1 Scene 5. Where does one of the figures in his vision gesture for him to stand?
(a) On an auction stage.
(b) On a throne.
(c) On a guillotine.
(d) On a stump.

6. Who does Emperor Jones stand in for in the fourth forest scene?
(a) All black American men.
(b) All slave buyers.
(c) All slaves.
(d) All black men.

7. What does the other figure in the sixth forest scene with Emperor Jones intend to do?
(a) Take Emperor Jones home and take care of him.
(b) Slit Emperor Jones' throat with a razor.
(c) Return Emperor Jones to a village in Africa.
(d) Make a sacrifice to a crocodile.

8. What does Smithers have difficulty believing in the final scene?
(a) That Lem and his soldiers have been tracking Emperor Jones all night.
(b) That he himself had not been emperor in Jones' place.
(c) That Jones evaded Lem and his soldiers all night.
(d) That Jones ever positioned himself to rule over the natives.

9. What is Emperor Jones afraid of at the beginning of the fifth forest scene?
(a) Imminent capture.
(b) Lem.
(c) Formless fears.
(d) Starvation.

10. What is the significance of Emperor Jones dispelling his final vision?
(a) He has been reduced to the level of the natives who are looking for him.
(b) He has finally overcome all of the things that could hurt him.
(c) He has chosen to die for his sins.
(d) He does not have anything left to protect himself with.

11. Which literary term best approximates the sound Emperor Jones makes in the fifth forest scene?
(a) Chanson.
(b) Dirge.
(c) Ode.
(d) Canticle.

12. Whose experience is Emperor Jones envisioning in the fifth forest scene?
(a) Jeff's.
(b) His ancestors'.
(c) His own.
(d) Smithers'.

13. Which term describes the development of the plot of Emperor Jones?
(a) Comedy.
(b) Tragedy.
(c) Kuntzleroman.
(d) Bildungsroman.

14. Which religion predominates in Emperor Jones' final vision?
(a) Voodoo.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Born again Christianity.
(d) Buddhism.

15. What is the setting of the sixth forest scene?
(a) A clearing in the forest.
(b) A crossroads.
(c) A beach.
(d) A tangled forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose help does Emperor Jones ask for in the fourth forest scene?

2. What state is Emperor Jones in when the natives bring him back in the final scene?

3. Whose help does Emperor Jones ask for in his final vision?

4. What does the setting in the fifth forest scene represent?

5. What does Emperor Jones do once he sees his part in the vision in the fourth forest scene?

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