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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the state of Emperor Jones' clothing as the fourth forest scene begins?
(a) Primitive and proud.
(b) Natty and neat.
(c) Dirty and tattered.
(d) Proud and imperial.

2. Which literary term describes the apparition in the fourth forest scene?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Flashback.
(d) Ancestral memory.

3. How is the apparition in the fourth forest scene different from the previous apparitions?
(a) This apparition unfolds backwards in time.
(b) This apparation takes place underwater.
(c) The apparition is not from Emperor Jones' personal experience.
(d) The apparition is not dispelled with a gunshot.

4. The fact that Emperor Jones is killed by a silver bullet made from money is a form of what?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Epiphany.
(c) Irony.
(d) Catharsis.

5. What is the significance of Emperor Jones dispelling his final vision?
(a) He has finally overcome all of the things that could hurt him.
(b) He has chosen to die for his sins.
(c) He does not have anything left to protect himself with.
(d) He has been reduced to the level of the natives who are looking for him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which literary term describes the interaction between Emperor Jones' voice and the voices of the figures in his vision in the fifth forest scene?

3. What does Emperor Jones do once he sees his part in the vision in the fourth forest scene?

4. What is Emperor Jones afraid of at the beginning of the fifth forest scene?

5. How have the tom-tom beats changed at the end of the sixth forest scene?

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