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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Emperor Jones afraid of at the beginning of the fifth forest scene?
(a) Imminent capture.
(b) Formless fears.
(c) Starvation.
(d) Lem.

2. What does Emperor Jones lose in the forest?
(a) His past.
(b) His gun.
(c) His memory.
(d) His bearings.

3. How does Emperor Jones free himself from the vision he sees in the fifth forest scene?
(a) He shoots the slave driver.
(b) He shoots the auctioneer.
(c) He overpowers the others with his wailing.
(d) He kills the prison guard.

4. Where does Emperor Jones go at the end of this first scene outside the palace?
(a) Back to the palace.
(b) Into the forest.
(c) To the beach.
(d) To the port.

5. What does Jones do when he appears at the beginning of the third forest scene?
(a) He encounters the witch doctor.
(b) He stops to catch his breath.
(c) He runs about wildly.
(d) He sees Jeff's apparition.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who are the figures Emperor Jones sees working in this third forest scene?

4. The allegorical appearance of figures can also be described as what literary device?

5. Which literary device is employed in this first forest scene?

(see the answer key)

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