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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Emperor Jones feel at the beginning of the fifth forest scene?
(a) Exhausted.
(b) Delirious.
(c) Triumphant.
(d) Free.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Smithers have difficulty believing in the final scene?
(a) That he himself had not been emperor in Jones' place.
(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 Jones evaded Lem and his soldiers all night.

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

9. 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 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.
(c) Jones had always claimed to be immortal, but the natives threatened his life and he showed them that he was afraid of death.
(d) Jones swore that he could only be killed by a silver bullet, but he died of self-inflicted injuries and exhaustion.

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

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

12. Emperor Jones sees a scene in Act 1 Scene 5. Where does one of the figures in his vision gesture for him to stand?
(a) On an auction stage.
(b) On a throne.
(c) On a stump.
(d) On a guillotine.

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

14. What kind of drama is Emperor Jones?
(a) Sentimental drama.
(b) Potboiler.
(c) Morality play.
(d) Slave narrative.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Emperor Jones free himself from the vision he sees in the fifth forest scene?

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

3. What is the significance of the silver bullet?

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

5. How does Emperor Jones feel about the thing he throws into the bushes in the fourth forest scene?

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