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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 do when he enters the sixth forest scene?
(a) Lies on the ground moaning in fear.
(b) Installs himself on the throne.
(c) Shoots at the statues.
(d) Begs for forgiveness.

2. What is the irony of the silver bullet?
(a) It started as money and ended the natives' poverty.
(b) It cost the natives money to make it, but it saves them money as well.
(c) It ends the natives' oppression, but now they are murderers.
(d) It liberates the natives, but kills Emperor Jones.

3. What is the tone of Emperor Jones' vision in the fifth forest scene?
(a) Anxiety and apprehension.
(b) Sadness and grieving.
(c) Melancholy and despair.
(d) Jubilation and homecoming.

4. What can we gather from the fact that Emperor Jones does not shoot anyone in the apparition in the fifth forest scene?
(a) He is strong enough that he can escape without a gun.
(b) The figures' despair is ongoing.
(c) He is saving his last silver bullet for himself.
(d) He is so weak that he cannot shoot anyone.

5. What kind of help does Emperor Jones ask for in the fourth forest scene?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) More bullets.
(c) Alliance with powerful political allies.
(d) Food.

6. Which term describes the development of the plot of Emperor Jones?
(a) Bildungsroman.
(b) Tragedy.
(c) Kuntzleroman.
(d) Comedy.

7. How does Emperor Jones free himself from the vision he sees in the fifth forest scene?
(a) He overpowers the others with his wailing.
(b) He shoots the slave driver.
(c) He kills the prison guard.
(d) He shoots the auctioneer.

8. How does the beat of the tom-tom change at the end of Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) It is closer and quicker than before.
(b) It is getting quieter and quieter.
(c) It is almost frenzied.
(d) It is practically on stage.

9. What does Emperor Jones say at the beginning of the fifth forest scene?
(a) He pleads for mercy because of his suffering.
(b) He vows to kill Smithers.
(c) He is only moaning.
(d) He tells himself that he will be free.

10. Whose experience is Emperor Jones envisioning in the fifth forest scene?
(a) His own.
(b) His ancestors'.
(c) Smithers'.
(d) Jeff's.

11. What does Smithers have difficulty believing in the final scene?
(a) That Lem and his soldiers have been tracking Emperor Jones all night.
(b) That he himself had not been emperor in Jones' place.
(c) That Jones ever positioned himself to rule over the natives.
(d) That Jones evaded Lem and his soldiers all night.

12. What does the setting in the fifth forest scene represent?
(a) A prison cell.
(b) The hold of a slave ship.
(c) A graveyard.
(d) The barracks of a plantation.

13. How does Emperor Jones feel at the beginning of the fifth forest scene?
(a) Delirious.
(b) Exhausted.
(c) Triumphant.
(d) Free.

14. Which term describes the tone of the fourth forest scene?
(a) Nightmare.
(b) Fantasy.
(c) Satyr play.
(d) Spectacle.

15. What does Emperor Jones use to dispel his final vision?
(a) A shovel.
(b) His silver bullet.
(c) His shoes.
(d) His jacket.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Emperor Jones go at the end of the fourth forest scene?

2. Is the apparition in the fourth forest scene from Emperor Jones' past?

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

4. The fact that Emperor Jones is killed by a silver bullet made from money is a form of what?

5. How have the natives triumphed by the end of the play?

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