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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 much light is there in the scene where Emperor Jones sees the formless black figures?
(a) The faint light of dawn lights the stage.
(b) A full moon lights the stage.
(c) Very little--the moon has not yet risen.
(d) The scene is lit fully by the daytime sun.

2. Emperor Jones sees a group of figures in Act 1, Scene 4. What happens when Emperor Jones shoots at the leader?
(a) Jeff returns on the side of the stage.
(b) Smithers brings him food.
(c) The natives find him and chase him.
(d) The apparition disappears.

3. What happens to lift Emperor Jones' spirits at the beginning of the second forest scene?
(a) The moonlight makes it easier to see.
(b) He finds the food he had hidden.
(c) One of the natives leads Jones through the forest.
(d) Smithers shows up with a torch.

4. How does the second forest scene open?
(a) The moon rises.
(b) The moon sets.
(c) The sun sets.
(d) The sun rises.

5. Which answer describes Jeff's movements?
(a) Robotic.
(b) Graceful.
(c) Languid.
(d) Powerful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What appears to Emperor Jones in the first scene in the forest?

2. How long has Jones been walking at the beginning of the second forest scene?

3. What atmosphere does the tom-tom drumming create?

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

5. Emperor Jones sees a group of figures in Act 1, Scene 4. What happens when the leader of that group turns his back to Emperor Jones?

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

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

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

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

6. How long has Emperor Jones been walking when the second forest scene begins?

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

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

9. How have the natives prepared to kill Emperor Jones?

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

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