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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Emperor Jones decide to do after he rings for the servants?
(a) Fortify the palace.
(b) Send the army into the hills for the natives.
(c) Head for the hills.
(d) Burn the palace down.
2. Where is the play set?
(a) Hispaniola.
(b) West Indies.
(c) Florida Keys.
(d) New Orleans.
3. How does Emperor Jones feel after he has seen the black figures?
(a) He steels himself against his fears.
(b) He has collected his thoughts and he has a plan.
(c) He is confident and laughing about his luck.
(d) He is terrified and runs blindly into the forest.
4. What does Emperor Jones lose in the forest?
(a) His memory.
(b) His gun.
(c) His bearings.
(d) His past.
5. What does Emperor Jones hear in the forest?
(a) Laughing ghosts.
(b) Whispering natives.
(c) Gunshots.
(d) A tom-tom drum.
Short Answer Questions
1. The black figures that Emperor Jones sees in the first forest scene are amused by what?
2. Emperor Jones sees figures in the forest. What do they seem to know?
3. Where have all the natives gone when the play is just beginning?
4. What color is the throne?
5. How well has Emperor Jones prepared for his flight from the palace?
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