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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. Who does Emperor Jones see after he talks to himself when he enters in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) The natives.
(b) A marketplace full of slaves.
(c) A chain gang.
(d) Jeff.

2. What kind of gun does Emperor Jones carry?
(a) AK-47.
(b) Hunting rifle.
(c) Long-barreled revolver.
(d) Submachine gun.

3. Of the people Emperor Jones sees in his vision in Act 1, Scene 4, one is in charge. What does he carry?
(a) A whip.
(b) Dice.
(c) A shovel.
(d) A pick.

4. What happens to the tom-tom drumming when Emperor Jones shoots at the apparition in the third forest scene?
(a) It gets closer.
(b) It changes rhythm again.
(c) It gets quieter and less threatening.
(d) The drummer himself appears onstage.

5. What is the first thing Emperor Jones asks Smithers?
(a) Where everyone is.
(b) Who the old woman's children are.
(c) What did he do wrong.
(d) Why white men are always in charge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which literary term describes Emperor Jones' work in the third forest scene?

2. Emperor Jones tell the natives that only one person can kill him--who is that?

3. What do the dark figures who Emperor Jones sees in the forest know?

4. How does the tom-tom drumming change at the end of the second forest scene?

5. What does Emperor Jones lose in the forest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the figure in the sixth forest scene's apparition communicate to Emperor Jones?

2. Describe Emperor Jones' appearance in the second forest scene.

3. What relationship binds Emperor Jones to the figures in the vision he sees in the fifth forest scene?

4. Before he sees Jeff, Emperor Jones surveys himself and assesses his plight. How does he feel about his situation?

5. What irony does Smithers point out in the final scene?

6. Which characters talk about Jones in the final scene? What do they say?

7. How does Emperor Jones dispel the apparition in Act 1, Scene 7?

8. How does the tom-tom drumming change during the course of the fourth forest scene?

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

10. Describe the setting when the second scene begins.

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