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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 preside over the sacrificial offering.
(c) Jones is supposed to receive the figure's blessings.
(d) Jones is supposed to be the sacrificial offering.

2. How has time progressed in Emperor Jones' first five visions?
(a) Back to the beginning of slavery.
(b) Forward to the current state of American blacks.
(c) Back to Jones' personal origins.
(d) Back to American blacks' roots in Africa.

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

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

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

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

7. What wrongdoing does Emperor Jones admit to in the fourth forest scene?
(a) Killing Jeff and the prison guard.
(b) Lying to the natives about his powers.
(c) Running out on his wife and kids.
(d) Cheating at cards and craps.

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

9. What can we gather from the fact that Emperor Jones does not shoot anyone in the apparition in the fifth forest scene?
(a) He is so weak that he cannot shoot anyone.
(b) He is strong enough that he can escape without a gun.
(c) He is saving his last silver bullet for himself.
(d) The figures' despair is ongoing.

10. Who is the first character to enter in the final scene?
(a) Smithers.
(b) The witch doctor.
(c) Emperor Jones.
(d) Lem and his soldiers.

11. How are the figures positioned in the vision Emperor Jones sees in the fifth forest scene?
(a) They are seated with their backs against the forest walls.
(b) They surround Jones like a hostile mob.
(c) They are huddled together in a mass.
(d) They are stacked the way slaves were stacked on slave ships.

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

13. Which rhetorical term describes Emperor Jones' request for assistance?
(a) Declamation.
(b) Dissimilation.
(c) Peroration.
(d) Supplication.

14. How is the apparition in the fourth forest scene different from the previous apparitions?
(a) The apparition is not from Emperor Jones' personal experience.
(b) This apparition unfolds backwards in time.
(c) This apparation takes place underwater.
(d) The apparition is not dispelled with a gunshot.

15. How have the natives triumphed by the end of the play?
(a) They have escaped from voodoo by killing the witch doctor.
(b) They have killed a tyrant.
(c) They have mastered the art of stone carving.
(d) They have overcome their superstitious beliefs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emperor Jones throw into the bushes in the fourth forest scene?

2. The fact that Emperor Jones is killed by a silver bullet made from money is a form of what?

3. What does Emperor Jones use to dispel his final vision?

4. What is the setting of the sixth forest scene?

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

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