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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of drama is Emperor Jones?
(a) Potboiler.
(b) Slave narrative.
(c) Morality play.
(d) Sentimental drama.

2. Which literary term best approximates the sound Emperor Jones makes in the fifth forest scene?
(a) Chanson.
(b) Dirge.
(c) Ode.
(d) Canticle.

3. How does Emperor Jones feel about the thing he throws into the bushes in the fourth forest scene?
(a) He is relieved to throw away his shirt because it is wet.
(b) He is reluctant to lose his shoes, which were once patent leather.
(c) He is sad to give up his gun because he has no more bullets.
(d) He is glad to be rid of his jacket, which is no longer useful.

4. Is the apparition in the fourth forest scene from Emperor Jones' past?
(a) Yes, it recalls the time he spent on a chain gang.
(b) Yes, it recalls the time when he was sold at auction.
(c) No, it is an ancestral vision.
(d) No, it is Lem's vision of a blood sacrifice.

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

6. Which literary term describes a plot in which two characters effectively change places?
(a) Prosopopeia.
(b) Chiasmus.
(c) Anacoluthon.
(d) Ekphrasis.

7. What has changed about Emperor Jones' appearance as the fifth forest scene begins?
(a) He is practically naked because his clothes are so tattered.
(b) He looks like a native god.
(c) He is beginning to resemble a native cheiftan.
(d) His pants are so tattered that he seems to be wearing only a loincloth.

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

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

10. Which term describes the figure of the crocodile in Emperor Jones' final vision?
(a) Morpheme.
(b) Theme.
(c) Totem.
(d) Fetish.

11. What does Emperor Jones throw into the bushes in the fourth forest scene?
(a) His shirt.
(b) His shoes.
(c) His jacket.
(d) His gun.

12. How is Emperor Jones killed?
(a) With machine guns.
(b) With pistol shots.
(c) With rifle shots.
(d) He shoots himself.

13. How are the figures positioned in the vision Emperor Jones sees in the fifth forest scene?
(a) They are seated with their backs against the forest walls.
(b) They are huddled together in a mass.
(c) They surround Jones like a hostile mob.
(d) They are stacked the way slaves were stacked on slave ships.

14. Where does Emperor Jones go at the end of the sixth forest scene?
(a) Back to the crossroads.
(b) Back to the palace.
(c) Further into the forest.
(d) He lies still, with his face to the ground.

15. Who enters the sixth forest scene with Emperor Jones?
(a) The natives.
(b) Smithers.
(c) Jeff.
(d) The witch doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the natives 'do right by' Emperor Jones?

2. Which literary term describes the interaction between Emperor Jones' voice and the voices of the figures in his vision in the fifth forest scene?

3. Whose help does Emperor Jones ask for in his final vision?

4. What can we gather from the fact that Emperor Jones does not shoot anyone in the apparition in the fifth forest scene?

5. Who is the first character to enter in the final scene?

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