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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 do once he sees his part in the vision in the fourth forest scene?
(a) He shoots at the prosecutor and judge.
(b) He shoots at the slave owners.
(c) He throws the last of his clothing away.
(d) He shoots the buyer and seller bidding on him.

2. How have the tom-tom beats changed at the end of the sixth forest scene?
(a) They are starting to get further away.
(b) They are louder and faster than ever.
(c) They are muffled now.
(d) They are essentially a constant wall of sound.

3. What is the irony at the end of Emperor Jones?
(a) Jones had run away from imprisonment in America, and then he died of his freedom in the West Indies.
(b) Jones swore that he could only be killed by a silver bullet, but he died of self-inflicted injuries and exhaustion.
(c) Jones manipulated the natives by saying that he could only be killed by a silver bullet, but they killed him with a silver bullet after all.
(d) Jones had always claimed to be immortal, but the natives threatened his life and he showed them that he was afraid of death.

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

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

6. How do the figures move in the vision Emperor Jones sees in the fifth forest scene?
(a) In a frenzy, as if they were dancing.
(b) Violently, as if they were being tortured.
(c) Calmly, as if they were reassuring him.
(d) Rhythmically, as if they were rowing.

7. How does Emperor Jones feel when he enters the sixth forest scene?
(a) He thinks he is back in America standing trial.
(b) He is disoriented and delirious, laughing hysterically.
(c) He recognizes the site and he is terrified.
(d) He is confused and does not know where he is.

8. What has the forest come to symbolize over the course of the five forest scenes so far?
(a) The chaos at the heart of the universe.
(b) The darkness in the heart of men.
(c) The redemptive fecundity of nature.
(d) Emperor Jones' racial history.

9. Where does Emperor Jones go at the end of the sixth forest scene?
(a) Further into the forest.
(b) Back to the crossroads.
(c) Back to the palace.
(d) He lies still, with his face to the ground.

10. Which answer represents the setting when the last scene opens?
(a) Sunset.
(b) Middle of the night.
(c) Noon.
(d) Dawn.

11. What has changed about Emperor Jones' appearance as the fifth forest scene begins?
(a) His pants are so tattered that he seems to be wearing only a loincloth.
(b) He looks like a native god.
(c) He is practically naked because his clothes are so tattered.
(d) He is beginning to resemble a native cheiftan.

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

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

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

15. The fact that Emperor Jones is killed by a silver bullet made from money is a form of what?
(a) Catharsis.
(b) Irony.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Epiphany.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How are the figures positioned in the vision Emperor Jones sees in the fifth forest scene?

4. Whom does Emperor Jones resemble in his dress in the fifth forest scene?

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

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