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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 throw into the bushes in the fourth forest scene?
(a) His shoes.
(b) His jacket.
(c) His shirt.
(d) His gun.

2. Where does Emperor Jones go at the end of the fourth forest scene?
(a) Into a cave.
(b) To the port.
(c) Back into the forest.
(d) Back to the palace.

3. Where does Emperor Jones go at the end of the fifth forest scene?
(a) Further into the forest.
(b) Toward the light.
(c) Back toward the palace.
(d) He stays put.

4. Where does Lem say he got his silver bullet?
(a) The natives melted down money.
(b) The natives stole it from Emperor Jones.
(c) The natives bought it from traders.
(d) The natives recovered it from the forest.

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

6. What does Emperor Jones see in the fifth forest scene?
(a) Shackled slaves on a slave ship.
(b) Shackled prisoners.
(c) Chained slaves at a slave auction.
(d) Chained prisoners on a chain gang.

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

8. How does Emperor Jones dispel his final vision?
(a) He prays for forgiveness.
(b) He blinks his eyes and shakes his head and the vision disappears.
(c) He shoots the crocodile.
(d) He strangles the person who would harm him.

9. Which literary term describes the interaction between Emperor Jones' voice and the voices of the figures in his vision in the fifth forest scene?
(a) Harmony.
(b) Syncopation.
(c) Dissonance.
(d) Cacophony.

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

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

12. Whose help does Emperor Jones ask for in the fourth forest scene?
(a) Smithers'.
(b) Jeff's.
(c) God's.
(d) Lem's.

13. What structure predominates over the sixth forest scene?
(a) A prison.
(b) The palace.
(c) A rough stone altar.
(d) A slave ship.

14. Which literary term describes a plot in which two characters effectively change places?
(a) Anacoluthon.
(b) Chiasmus.
(c) Prosopopeia.
(d) Ekphrasis.

15. Where is the tom-tom coming from in the last scene?
(a) Back at the palace.
(b) Right on stage.
(c) Off at a distance.
(d) Very close by.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Smithers ask Emperor Jones after the natives bring him in during the final scene?

2. What does Emperor Jones do when he comes on stage in the fourth forest scene?

3. Which literary term best approximates the sound Emperor Jones makes in the fifth forest scene?

4. What is the state of Emperor Jones' clothing as the fourth forest scene begins?

5. What does the vision Emperor Jones sees in the fourth forest scene tell us about the development of the play?

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