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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the figures that Emperor Jones sees in the forest move?
(a) They seethe and boil like an ocean.
(b) They walk on long tentacles.
(c) They try to stand but fall over.
(d) They run on long legs.

2. How has Emperor Jones helped Smithers?
(a) By freeing him from jail.
(b) By hiring him.
(c) By killing the man who was cheating Smithers.
(d) By installing him as Emperor.

3. What do the dark figures who Emperor Jones sees in the forest know?
(a) They tell him to leave.
(b) They do not say anything.
(c) They tell him where to go.
(d) They predict his future.

4. How does the tom-tom drumming change at the end of the second forest scene?
(a) It gets further away.
(b) It fades to quiet.
(c) It gets faster and closer.
(d) It gets angrier.

5. Where is the play set?
(a) Hispaniola.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) West Indies.
(d) Florida Keys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary term describes Emperor Jones' language when he shoots at the apparition?

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

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

4. Where have all the natives gone when the play is just beginning?

5. Which literary term defines Jeff's apparition?

(see the answer key)

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