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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Emperor Jones see after he talks to himself when he enters in Act 1, Scene 4?
2. How do the figures that Emperor Jones sees in the forest move?
3. What does Emperor Jones feel when he sees Jeff in the second forest scene?
4. What is the throne in the palace made of?
5. What does this third apparition tell us about Jones' past?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the structure at the center of the stage as the sixth forest scene opens.
2. How is Emperor Jones different in the palace than he was when he was in America?
3. What are two explanations for the identity of the chain gang?
4. Describe the apparition Emperor Jones sees in the sixth forest scene.
5. Describe the setting where the final scene opens.
6. Describe the setting for Act 1, Scene 5, the fourth forest scene.
7. How does Emperor Jones' experience in the second scene echo his experience in America?
8. How does Jones break the spell of the apparition in the fifth forest scene?
9. What progress, if any, has Emperor Jones made in the fifth forest scene?
10. How are the formless fears manifested on stage?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the action of the play affect you as a viewer? Are you sympathetic to Emperor Jones' situation or does he seem like a villain? Do you want him to escape, or do you want him to be caught and killed? How does the play manipulate your sympathies and expectations? Do you feel relieved at the conclusion? Do you feel that justice has been done?
Essay Topic 2
What is the moral of Emperor Jones? Does the play teach a moral? If you think it does, describe how that lesson is presented. If you think that it does not, what does it teach us, if not a moral?
Essay Topic 3
How was Emperor Jones received in America when it premiered in 1929? What does it tell us about America in 1929 that it got the responses it did? What does it tell us about how blacks were treated in America at the time?
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