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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 makes Emperor Jones laugh at the beginning of the second forest scene?
(a) His freedom.
(b) His apperance.
(c) His anticipation of escape.
(d) His own foolishness.

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

3. 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) The scene is lit fully by the daytime sun.
(c) A full moon lights the stage.
(d) Very little--the moon has not yet risen.

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

5. How does Emperor Jones say he killed Jeff?
(a) With a razor.
(b) With a gun.
(c) With his hands.
(d) He threw him off a train.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Emperor Jones first fires his gun in the forest?

2. What does Emperor Jones tell himself at the beginning of the third forest scene?

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

4. What does Emperor Jones hear in the forest?

5. What does Smithers talk to the old woman about in the first scene?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Smithers' relationship to Emperor Jones?

2. How does Emperor Jones' appearance change in the third forest scene?

3. Describe the setting for the first scene of the play.

4. Contrast the vision Emperor Jones has in the fourth forest scene with the first vision he has.

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

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

7. Describe Emperor Jones' state of mind at the beginning of the third forest scene.

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

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

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

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