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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which literary term describes Emperor Jones' vision of Jeff?
(a) Epiphany.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Flashback.
(d) Catharsis.

4. What color is Jones' uniform?
(a) Black with gold stripes.
(b) Light blue with a red stripe.
(c) Blue with gold chevrons.
(d) White with gold chevrons.

5. How well has Emperor Jones prepared for his flight from the palace?
(a) He has more than enough supplies to get him to safety.
(b) He has hidden the supplies that will get him to safety.
(c) He underestimated what he would need.
(d) He knows where to find what he needs in the forest.

6. What does Smithers talk to the old woman about in the first scene?
(a) Where Emperor Jones hid his food.
(b) Where she is going.
(c) Where the other whites have gone.
(d) When the natives are going to kill Emperor Jones.

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

8. What atmosphere does the tom-tom drumming create?
(a) Impending doom.
(b) Savage anger.
(c) Lingering regret.
(d) Celebration.

9. Which literary term defines Jeff's apparition?
(a) Personification.
(b) Dream vision.
(c) Parody.
(d) Psychomachy.

10. How has Emperor Jones' appearance changed since the scene with the black figures?
(a) He is all wet.
(b) He is more composed and neater.
(c) He is practically naked.
(d) He is dirtier and less majestic.

11. What do the dark figures represent who Emperor Jones sees in the woods?
(a) The souls of the people he has killed.
(b) His sins and evil deeds.
(c) The black people who came before him.
(d) His memories of his family.

12. How has Emperor Jones changed in the first four scenes?
(a) He is more and more imperial in his status.
(b) He is wiser and more thoughtful about his responsibilities.
(c) He has more power to deal with things.
(d) He has lost his confidence and his regal bearing.

13. What does Emperor Jones do to make Jeff disappear?
(a) Yells at it.
(b) Begs for forgiveness.
(c) Dances around it.
(d) Shoots at it.

14. What happens to lift Emperor Jones' spirits at the beginning of the second forest scene?
(a) Smithers shows up with a torch.
(b) He finds the food he had hidden.
(c) The moonlight makes it easier to see.
(d) One of the natives leads Jones through the forest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Emperor Jones sees a group of figures in Act 1, Scene 4. Which literary term describes Emperor Jones' speech to the figures he sees?

2. How do the figures that Emperor Jones sees in the forest move?

3. What are the figures carrying who Emperor Jones sees in the third forest scene?

4. What does Smithers tell Emperor Jones to look out for when Jones is leaving the palace?

5. What does the omnipresence of the tom-tom drumming tell us about Emperor Jones' state of mind?

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