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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who enters the sixth forest scene with Emperor Jones?

2. What does Smithers ask Emperor Jones after the natives bring him in during the final scene?

3. What has the forest come to symbolize over the course of the five forest scenes so far?

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

5. What is the irony of the silver bullet?

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

Emperor Jones is almost offered up as a sacrifice to the crocodile. What else is sacrificed in the play? Describe three sacrifices. What is given up? What does the sacrificer hope to obtain in return?

Essay Topic 3

Research essay. How has this play been staged in the past? Taking what you can from past reviews, describe the physical properties of professional productions.

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