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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. How much light is there in the scene where Emperor Jones sees the formless black figures?
(a) The scene is lit fully by the daytime sun.
(b) Very little--the moon has not yet risen.
(c) A full moon lights the stage.
(d) The faint light of dawn lights the stage.

2. How does Emperor Jones' flight recall his time in America?
(a) He was always traveling as a salesman.
(b) He was always on the run from his wife and family.
(c) He did not have the resources he needed then, either.
(d) He lived in the forest there as well.

3. How does Emperor Jones feel when he is orienting himself in the forest?
(a) Warlike.
(b) Nostalgic.
(c) Reflective.
(d) Panicked.

4. What does Emperor Jones do when he is invited, with a gesture, to join the figures he sees in the third forest scene?
(a) He picks up an imaginary shovel.
(b) He leads the other prisoners in a revolt.
(c) He takes off his clothes.
(d) He shoots at the figures.

5. How do the figures move in the vision Emperor Jones sees in the fifth forest scene?
(a) Rhythmically, as if they were rowing.
(b) Violently, as if they were being tortured.
(c) Calmly, as if they were reassuring him.
(d) In a frenzy, as if they were dancing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emperor Jones say at the beginning of the fifth forest scene?

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

3. What is the tone of the scene at the edge of the forest?

4. Where does the fifth forest scene open?

5. What does this third apparition tell us about Jones' past?

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