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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has the beat of the tom-tom changed when the second forest scene opens?
(a) It is louder and closer than before.
(b) It has been joined by other drums.
(c) It is closer than before, but it is subdued.
(d) It is quieter, but it plays an angry rhythm.

2. How does Emperor Jones return to the forest at the end of the second forest scene?
(a) Stealthily.
(b) Wildly.
(c) Enthusiastically.
(d) Confidently.

3. What is Jeff doing when Emperor Jones sees him?
(a) Running through the forest.
(b) Threatening to shoot Jones.
(c) Shooting a prison guard.
(d) Shooting craps.

4. What are the figures carrying who Emperor Jones sees in the third forest scene?
(a) Guns and shields.
(b) Bodies.
(c) Bows and arrows.
(d) Picks and shovels.

5. Who are the figures Emperor Jones sees working in this third forest scene?
(a) Lem and the witch doctor.
(b) Smithers and Lem.
(c) Slaves on a chain gang.
(d) Natives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the throne in the palace made of?

2. Where have all the natives gone when the play is just beginning?

3. What happens when Emperor Jones rings for the servants?

4. Emperor Jones sees a group of figures in Act 1, Scene 4. Which literary term describes Emperor Jones' speech to the figures he sees?

5. What does this third apparition tell us about Jones' past?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the setting for Scene 6, the fifth forest scene.

2. Describe the irony in the natives' method for killing Emperor Jones.

3. Describe Emperor Jones' appearance in the fifth forest scene.

4. What are two explanations for the identity of the chain gang?

5. Explain how Emperor Jones attained his authority over the natives.

6. What does the audience learn about Emperor Jones from the apparition he sees in Act 1, Scene 4?

7. What happens between the prison guard and Emperor Jones?

8. What is the significance of Emperor Jones' clothing in the fifth forest scene?

9. How does Emperor Jones' experience in the second scene echo his experience in America?

10. How does Jones break the spell of the apparition in the fifth forest scene?

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