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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. What does Emperor Jones hear in the forest?
(a) A tom-tom drum.
(b) Laughing ghosts.
(c) Whispering natives.
(d) Gunshots.

2. How does the beat of the tom-tom change at the end of Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) It is closer and quicker than before.
(b) It is practically on stage.
(c) It is almost frenzied.
(d) It is getting quieter and quieter.

3. Who is the first character to appear on stage?
(a) Lem.
(b) Smithers.
(c) An old woman.
(d) Emperor Jones.

4. Which literary term defines Jeff's apparition?
(a) Personification.
(b) Psychomachy.
(c) Dream vision.
(d) Parody.

5. How long has Jones been walking at the beginning of the second forest scene?
(a) Not long.
(b) All night.
(c) Half a day.
(d) A full day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What appears to Emperor Jones in the first scene in the forest?

2. How has the beat of the tom-tom changed when the second forest scene opens?

3. How does Emperor Jones feel about the thing he throws into the bushes in the fourth forest scene?

4. How does the tom-tom drumming change at the end of the second forest scene?

5. What does the omnipresence of the tom-tom drumming tell us about Emperor Jones' state of mind?

(see the answer key)

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