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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 are the forest scenes different from the opening scene in the palace?
(a) They are more satirical.
(b) They lack the first scene's dark humor.
(c) They are less realistic.
(d) They are more hyperbole.

2. Where does Emperor Jones look for the food he buried?
(a) Under a white rock.
(b) In the hollow of a tree.
(c) In a cave.
(d) In a clearing.

3. Which literary device describes the increasing tempo of the tom-tom drumming?
(a) Setting.
(b) Style.
(c) Tone.
(d) Symbolism.

4. Why does Emperor Jones head for the forest at the end of the first scene?
(a) To distance himself from his own authority.
(b) To avoid conflict with the natives.
(c) To confront the natives.
(d) To outflank the natives.

5. Which literary term describes Emperor Jones' vision of Jeff?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Catharsis.
(c) Flashback.
(d) Epiphany.

Short Answer Questions

1. The black figures that Emperor Jones sees in the first forest scene are amused by what?

2. What does Emperor Jones throw into the bushes?

3. Which literary term defines Jeff's apparition?

4. Who tried but failed to kill Emperor Jones?

5. How much light is there in the scene where Emperor Jones sees the formless black figures?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the cue for the formless fears to appear?

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

4. What does Emperor Jones see in the fifth forest scene?

5. How does Emperor Jones feel when he talks to Jeff, but Jeff does not respond?

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

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

8. What progress, if any, has Emperor Jones made in the fifth forest scene?

9. Where is the native woman going in the first scene?

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

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