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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Is the apparition in the fourth forest scene from Emperor Jones' past?
(a) No, it is Lem's vision of a blood sacrifice.
(b) Yes, it recalls the time when he was sold at auction.
(c) Yes, it recalls the time he spent on a chain gang.
(d) No, it is an ancestral vision.

2. Someone enters the sixth forest scene with Emperor Jones. What does that person do?
(a) Prays with Jones.
(b) Offers to help Jones.
(c) Dances right in front of Emperor Jones.
(d) Kills Jones.

3. What does the setting in the fifth forest scene represent?
(a) The barracks of a plantation.
(b) A prison cell.
(c) A graveyard.
(d) The hold of a slave ship.

4. Someone enters the sixth forest scene with Emperor Jones. What does that figure represent to Emperor Jones?
(a) Divine forgiveness.
(b) The forces of evil.
(c) The spirit of justice.
(d) The spirit of the earth.

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

6. Which literary term describes the apparition in the fourth forest scene?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Ancestral memory.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Flashback.

7. What state is Emperor Jones in when the natives bring him back in the final scene?
(a) He is repentant.
(b) He is delirious.
(c) He is dead.
(d) He is terrified.

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

9. What atmosphere does the drumming create during the fourth forest scene?
(a) Blood-boiling desperation.
(b) Artful beauty.
(c) Disorder and confusion.
(d) Meditative calm.

10. What does Emperor Jones say at the beginning of the fifth forest scene?
(a) He vows to kill Smithers.
(b) He pleads for mercy because of his suffering.
(c) He tells himself that he will be free.
(d) He is only moaning.

11. What role is Emperor Jones supposed to play in the other person in the sixth scene's plans?
(a) Jones is supposed to be the sacrificial offering.
(b) Jones is supposed to preside over the sacrificial offering.
(c) Jones is supposed to receive the figure's blessings.
(d) Jones is supposed to let kill himself.

12. Where does the fourth forest scene begin?
(a) In front of the palace.
(b) A clearing in the forest.
(c) In a cave.
(d) A crossroads in the plain.

13. What kind of help does Emperor Jones ask for in the fourth forest scene?
(a) Alliance with powerful political allies.
(b) Food.
(c) More bullets.
(d) Forgiveness.

14. What apparition does Emperor Jones see in this fourth forest scene?
(a) A slave uprising.
(b) A prison scene.
(c) A slave auction.
(d) A trial in court.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which term describes the tone of the fourth forest scene?

3. Where does Emperor Jones go at the end of the fourth forest scene?

4. Which musical term describes the change in the sound of the tom-tom at the end of the fourth forest scene?

5. How have the natives triumphed by the end of the play?

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