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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What structure predominates over the sixth forest scene?
(a) A slave ship.
(b) A prison.
(c) The palace.
(d) A rough stone altar.

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

3. What part does Emperor Jones play in the vision he sees in the fourth forest scene?
(a) He is being punished.
(b) He is on trial.
(c) He is a slave being auctioned.
(d) He is leading a slave revolt.

4. What are the figures carrying who Emperor Jones sees in the third forest scene?
(a) Bodies.
(b) Guns and shields.
(c) Bows and arrows.
(d) Picks and shovels.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jeff's appearance affect Jones' flight?

2. Who tried but failed to kill Emperor Jones?

3. What does this third apparition tell us about Jones' past?

4. Which literary term describes Emperor Jones' vision of Jeff?

5. What does Smithers tell Emperor Jones to look out for when Jones is leaving the palace?

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