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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What color is the throne?
(a) Jet black with a woven mat cushion.
(b) Dark green with a green cushion.
(c) Bright red with an orange cushion.
(d) Ivory with an animal fur cushion.

3. Where have all the natives gone when the play is just beginning?
(a) To the hills.
(b) To the beach.
(c) To the palace.
(d) To the USA.

4. How has the beat of the tom-tom changed when the second forest scene opens?
(a) It is louder and closer than before.
(b) It has been joined by other drums.
(c) It is closer than before, but it is subdued.
(d) It is quieter, but it plays an angry rhythm.

5. How do the figures that Emperor Jones sees in the forest move?
(a) They run on long legs.
(b) They try to stand but fall over.
(c) They walk on long tentacles.
(d) They seethe and boil like an ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Emperor Jones return to the forest at the end of the second forest scene?

2. How has Emperor Jones helped Smithers?

3. How long does Jones think he has been walking at the beginning of the second forest scene?

4. How long has Jones been walking at the beginning of the second forest scene?

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

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