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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. Who tried but failed to kill Emperor Jones?
(a) The witch doctor.
(b) Jeff.
(c) Smithers.
(d) Lem.

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

3. How does Emperor Jones feel in the moments before he first sees the black figures in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Fatigued.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Free.
(d) Terrified.

4. Which statement describes the eyes of the figures whom Emperor Jones sees in the first forest scene?
(a) They glow.
(b) They are deformed.
(c) They are angry.
(d) They are blind.

5. Why was Emperor Jones foolish to have fired his gun in the forest?
(a) He is ruining the palace.
(b) He is killing natives and angering native leaders.
(c) The natives will know where he is.
(d) He is wasting his last remaining bullets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Jones' uniform?

2. Why does Emperor Jones head for the forest at the end of the first scene?

3. Which character is the first to appear in the second scene in the forest?

4. Emperor Jones sees figures in the forest. What do they seem to know?

5. Which literary device is employed in this first forest scene?

(see the answer key)

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