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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. What does Emperor Jones do after he shoots at the apparition in the third forest scene?
(a) He looks around for food.
(b) He celebrates his freedom.
(c) He heads back to the palace.
(d) He flees into the forest.

2. What happens to Emperor Jones when he sees the apparition in the third forest scene?
(a) His hands shake.
(b) He stammers.
(c) His eyes bulge.
(d) He faints.

3. Who tried but failed to kill Emperor Jones?
(a) Smithers.
(b) The witch doctor.
(c) Jeff.
(d) Lem.

4. Which character is the first to appear in the second scene in the forest?
(a) Emperor Jones.
(b) The witch doctor.
(c) Jeff.
(d) Smithers.

5. How has Emperor Jones helped Smithers?
(a) By killing the man who was cheating Smithers.
(b) By freeing him from jail.
(c) By installing him as Emperor.
(d) By hiring him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has the beat of the tom-tom changed when the second forest scene opens?

2. Where did Emperor Jones learn the ways of the white man?

3. What literary term describes Emperor Jones' language when he shoots at the apparition?

4. How far away was Emperor Jones' would-be assassin when the gun misfired?

5. How does Emperor Jones return to the forest at the end of the second forest scene?

Short Essay Questions

1. Some of Emperor Jones' apparitions are racial memories. What does this conclusion say about the state or the future of the black race?

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

3. In what way is Emperor Jones' situation ironic?

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

5. What does Emperor Jones do when he understands what the figure in the sixth forest scene's apparition wants from him?

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

7. Describe the apparition Emperor Jones sees in the third forest scene.

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

9. Describe how Emperor Jones changes his clothing in the fourth forest scene.

10. Describe the setting for Act 1, Scene 5, the fourth forest scene.

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