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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emperor Jones decide to do after he rings for the servants?
(a) Burn the palace down.
(b) Head for the hills.
(c) Send the army into the hills for the natives.
(d) Fortify the palace.

2. How does Smithers say that Emperor Jones came into his position?
(a) A silver bullet.
(b) A power-sharing deal.
(c) A military coup.
(d) An election.

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

4. Which answer describes Jeff's movements?
(a) Graceful.
(b) Robotic.
(c) Languid.
(d) Powerful.

5. Where does the third forest scene begin?
(a) At the palace.
(b) At a wide, flat road.
(c) At a burial ground.
(d) At a well.

6. Of the people Emperor Jones sees in his vision in Act 1, Scene 4, one is in charge. What does he carry?
(a) A shovel.
(b) Dice.
(c) A pick.
(d) A whip.

7. What does Emperor Jones do after he shoots at the apparition in the third forest scene?
(a) He celebrates his freedom.
(b) He flees into the forest.
(c) He looks around for food.
(d) He heads back to the palace.

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

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

10. 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.

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

12. The black figures that Emperor Jones sees in the first forest scene are amused by what?
(a) Emperor Jones' language.
(b) Emperor Jones' gun.
(c) Emperor Jones' panic.
(d) Emperor Jones' clothing.

13. What do the natives mistakenly think about Emperor Jones?
(a) He is a god.
(b) He is a runaway felon.
(c) He is a murderer.
(d) He has mysterious powers.

14. What are the figures carrying who Emperor Jones sees in the third forest scene?
(a) Picks and shovels.
(b) Bows and arrows.
(c) Bodies.
(d) Guns and shields.

15. What happens when Emperor Jones rings for the servants?
(a) No one comes.
(b) They come and shoot him.
(c) They begin to drum in the forest.
(d) They all come running.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Emperor Jones feel when he sees Jeff in the second forest scene?

3. What happens to lift Emperor Jones' spirits at the beginning of the second forest scene?

4. Which statement describes the eyes of the figures whom Emperor Jones sees in the first forest scene?

5. Where does Emperor Jones go at the end of this first scene outside the palace?

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