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

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

3. How are the forest scenes different from the opening scene in the palace?
(a) They are less realistic.
(b) They are more hyperbole.
(c) They are more satirical.
(d) They lack the first scene's dark humor.

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

5. Emperor Jones tell the natives that only one person can kill him--who is that?
(a) Smithers.
(b) Emperor Jones himself.
(c) The ghost of Jeff.
(d) The witch doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Emperor Jones say he killed Jeff?

2. What is the setting where the play begins?

3. What does Emperor Jones feel when he sees Jeff in the second forest scene?

4. What makes Emperor Jones laugh at the beginning of the second forest scene?

5. Where does Emperor Jones go at the end of this first scene outside the palace?

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