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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does this third apparition tell us about Jones' past?
(a) That he was once a prison guard.
(b) That he has had hallucinations in the past.
(c) That he remembers spending time on a chain gang.
(d) That he was wrongly imprisoned.

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. Emperor Jones sees a group of figures in Act 1, Scene 4. Which literary term describes Emperor Jones' speech to the figures he sees?
(a) Interrogation.
(b) Dialogue.
(c) Soliloquy.
(d) Apostrophe.

4. How did the natives 'do right by' Emperor Jones?
(a) They let him live after he pleaded for forgiveness.
(b) They reduced his imperial attitude to superstition and fear.
(c) They showed the same cruelty to him that he had shown them.
(d) They kill him in style.

5. Who is the first character to enter in the final scene?
(a) Emperor Jones.
(b) Smithers.
(c) Lem and his soldiers.
(d) The witch doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which literary term describes a plot in which two characters effectively change places?

2. What provision has Emperor Jones made in case of uprising?

3. How does Emperor Jones free himself from the vision he sees in the fifth forest scene?

4. What does Emperor Jones do when he comes on stage in the fourth forest scene?

5. What does Emperor Jones feel when he realizes his part in the vision he sees in the fourth forest scene?

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