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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does Emperor Jones see after he talks to himself when he enters in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Jeff.
(b) The natives.
(c) A marketplace full of slaves.
(d) A chain gang.

4. What is the throne in the palace made of?
(a) Pearls and jewels.
(b) Uncut wood.
(c) Ivory.
(d) Precious metals and stones.

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

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

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

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

9. What is the basis for Smithers' authority in the palace?
(a) He is a medicine man.
(b) He is the emperor.
(c) He is a white man.
(d) He is the emperor's right hand man.

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

11. What provision has Emperor Jones made in case of uprising?
(a) He stockpiled weapons in the palace.
(b) He buried food in the forest.
(c) He trained an elite security force.
(d) He put Smithers in charge of security.

12. Where does Emperor Jones look for the food he buried?
(a) In a cave.
(b) In the hollow of a tree.
(c) In a clearing.
(d) Under a white rock.

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

14. What does the omnipresence of the tom-tom drumming tell us about Emperor Jones' state of mind?
(a) That he cannot escape from this situation.
(b) That he is a passive participant in his life now.
(c) That he will no longer swindle the natives.
(d) That he is dreaming all of this.

15. What does Jeff say when Emperor Jones speaks to him?
(a) He vows revenge.
(b) He does not respond.
(c) He accuses Jones of killing him.
(d) He predicts Jones' death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What appears to Emperor Jones in the first scene in the forest?

2. What does Emperor Jones hear in the forest?

3. What is the tone of the scene at the edge of the forest?

4. Which literary style describes the scenes in which Emperor Jones sees apparitions?

5. Which character is the first to appear in the second scene in the forest?

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