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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. Which literary device is employed in this first forest scene?
(a) Elegy.
(b) Personification.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Literal meaning.

2. What is the setting where the play begins?
(a) In a Pullman car.
(b) In the interior of a palace.
(c) In an American slave auction.
(d) In the forest.

3. Who is the first character to appear on stage?
(a) An old woman.
(b) Emperor Jones.
(c) Smithers.
(d) Lem.

4. Which literary device describes the increasing tempo of the tom-tom drumming?
(a) Tone.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Style.
(d) Setting.

5. How do Emperor Jones and Smithers keep each other in their respective roles?
(a) They know secrets about each other.
(b) They agree to share power.
(c) They kill each other's enemies.
(d) They plot together against the medicine man.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far away was Emperor Jones' would-be assassin when the gun misfired?

2. What do the dark figures who Emperor Jones sees in the forest know?

3. What is Jeff doing when Emperor Jones sees him?

4. What does Emperor Jones hear in the forest?

5. What does Emperor Jones lose in the forest?

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