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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Emperor Jones head for the forest at the end of the first scene?
(a) To confront the natives.
(b) To avoid conflict with the natives.
(c) To outflank the natives.
(d) To distance himself from his own authority.

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

3. How does Emperor Jones feel after he has seen the black figures?
(a) He steels himself against his fears.
(b) He has collected his thoughts and he has a plan.
(c) He is terrified and runs blindly into the forest.
(d) He is confident and laughing about his luck.

4. What appears to Emperor Jones in the first scene in the forest?
(a) His memory of a slave auction.
(b) The witch doctor.
(c) Native soldiers.
(d) Black formless fears.

5. Which term describes the tone of the fourth forest scene?
(a) Fantasy.
(b) Spectacle.
(c) Nightmare.
(d) Satyr play.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Emperor Jones and Smithers keep each other in their respective roles?

2. Emperor Jones sees a group of figures in Act 1, Scene 4. What does he say to their leader?

3. Whose help does Emperor Jones ask for in the fourth forest scene?

4. How far away was Emperor Jones' would-be assassin when the gun misfired?

5. When does Emperor Jones notice the tom-tom?

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