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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 feel when he sees Jeff in the second forest scene?
(a) Foolish.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Amazed.
(d) Terrified.

2. How does the second forest scene open?
(a) The sun rises.
(b) The moon rises.
(c) The sun sets.
(d) The moon sets.

3. What is the first thing Emperor Jones asks Smithers?
(a) Who the old woman's children are.
(b) What did he do wrong.
(c) Why white men are always in charge.
(d) Where everyone is.

4. Where did Emperor Jones learn the ways of the white man?
(a) A tracking and hunting outfit.
(b) A welder on steam engines.
(c) A Pullman car.
(d) A real estate business.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the basis for Smithers' authority in the palace?

3. What atmosphere does the tom-tom drumming create?

4. How does Emperor Jones say he killed Jeff?

5. What does Smithers talk to the old woman about in the first scene?

(see the answer key)

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