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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 does Emperor Jones feel when he realizes his part in the vision he sees in the fourth forest scene?
(a) Vengeful.
(b) Repentant.
(c) Desperate.
(d) Powerful.

2. What happens to the tom-tom drumming when Emperor Jones shoots at the apparition in the third forest scene?
(a) It gets quieter and less threatening.
(b) The drummer himself appears onstage.
(c) It changes rhythm again.
(d) It gets closer.

3. What happens when Emperor Jones first fires his gun in the forest?
(a) The tom-tom stops.
(b) He kills a crocodile.
(c) The tom-tom gets louder and closer.
(d) He kills one of the native leaders.

4. How does Emperor Jones' flight recall his time in America?
(a) He did not have the resources he needed then, either.
(b) He was always traveling as a salesman.
(c) He lived in the forest there as well.
(d) He was always on the run from his wife and family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emperor Jones throw into the bushes in the fourth forest scene?

2. What does Emperor Jones do after he shoots at the apparition in the third forest scene?

3. What is the throne in the palace made of?

4. When does Emperor Jones notice the tom-tom?

5. Whose help does Emperor Jones ask for in the fourth forest scene?

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