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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Is the apparition in the fourth forest scene from Emperor Jones' past?
(a) No, it is Lem's vision of a blood sacrifice.
(b) No, it is an ancestral vision.
(c) Yes, it recalls the time he spent on a chain gang.
(d) Yes, it recalls the time when he was sold at auction.

2. What does the other figure in the sixth forest scene with Emperor Jones intend to do?
(a) Return Emperor Jones to a village in Africa.
(b) Take Emperor Jones home and take care of him.
(c) Slit Emperor Jones' throat with a razor.
(d) Make a sacrifice to a crocodile.

3. What is the setting of the sixth forest scene?
(a) A crossroads.
(b) A beach.
(c) A clearing in the forest.
(d) A tangled forest.

4. What is the irony at the end of Emperor Jones?
(a) Jones had always claimed to be immortal, but the natives threatened his life and he showed them that he was afraid of death.
(b) Jones had run away from imprisonment in America, and then he died of his freedom in the West Indies.
(c) Jones swore that he could only be killed by a silver bullet, but he died of self-inflicted injuries and exhaustion.
(d) Jones manipulated the natives by saying that he could only be killed by a silver bullet, but they killed him with a silver bullet after all.

5. Someone enters the sixth forest scene with Emperor Jones. What does that person do?
(a) Kills Jones.
(b) Offers to help Jones.
(c) Dances right in front of Emperor Jones.
(d) Prays with Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emperor Jones throw into the bushes in the fourth forest scene?

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

3. What can we gather from the fact that Emperor Jones does not shoot anyone in the apparition in the fifth forest scene?

4. What does Emperor Jones feel when he realizes his part in the vision he sees in the fourth forest scene?

5. How do the figures move in the vision Emperor Jones sees in the fifth forest scene?

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