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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the figures saying in Emperor Jones' vision in the fifth forest scene?
(a) They are telling him to run until he is free.
(b) They are demanding an end to their suffering.
(c) They are asking him to free them.
(d) They are moaning along with him.

2. How is Emperor Jones killed?
(a) With machine guns.
(b) With rifle shots.
(c) He shoots himself.
(d) With pistol shots.

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

4. Which musical term describes the change in the sound of the tom-tom at the end of the fourth forest scene?
(a) Crescendo.
(b) Decrescendo.
(c) Sforzando.
(d) Pianissimo.

5. What does Emperor Jones use to dispel his final vision?
(a) A shovel.
(b) His shoes.
(c) His silver bullet.
(d) His jacket.

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

7. What does Emperor Jones do when he comes on stage in the fourth forest scene?
(a) Talk about killing himself.
(b) Sit on a stump and put his head in his hands.
(c) Shoot the rebellious natives.
(d) Stalk around the stage, making threats.

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

9. What is the state of Emperor Jones' clothing as the fourth forest scene begins?
(a) Dirty and tattered.
(b) Primitive and proud.
(c) Natty and neat.
(d) Proud and imperial.

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

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

12. 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.

13. Which term describes the figure of the crocodile in Emperor Jones' final vision?
(a) Theme.
(b) Morpheme.
(c) Fetish.
(d) Totem.

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

15. 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 throws the last of his clothing away.
(c) He shoots at the slave owners.
(d) He shoots the buyer and seller bidding on him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What can we gather from the fact that Emperor Jones does not shoot anyone in the apparition in the fifth forest scene?

3. What do we learn from the interaction between what Emperor Jones says and what the figures say in the vision Emperor Jones sees in the fifth forest scene?

4. What does the sixth forest scene tell us about Emperor Jones' wanderings?

5. What does Lem tell Smithers when Smithers does not believe what he tells him in the final scene?

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