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

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

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

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

5. How do Emperor Jones and Smithers keep each other in their respective roles?
(a) They agree to share power.
(b) They kill each other's enemies.
(c) They plot together against the medicine man.
(d) They know secrets about each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. Emperor Jones sees a group of figures in Act 1, Scene 4. What happens when Emperor Jones shoots at the leader?

2. Where does Emperor Jones go at the end of this first scene outside the palace?

3. How has Emperor Jones changed in the first four scenes?

4. How has Emperor Jones helped Smithers?

5. What is the setting where the play begins?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Smithers' relationship to Emperor Jones?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Emperor Jones' state of mind when the fourth forest scene opens.

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

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