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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Emperor Jones feel in the moments before he first sees the black figures in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Free.
(b) Fatigued.
(c) Terrified.
(d) Relieved.

2. What is the tone of the scene at the edge of the forest?
(a) Contentment.
(b) Humor.
(c) Confidence.
(d) Panic.

3. How do the figures that Emperor Jones sees in the forest move?
(a) They try to stand but fall over.
(b) They run on long legs.
(c) They walk on long tentacles.
(d) They seethe and boil like an ocean.

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

5. How does the tom-tom drumming change at the end of the second forest scene?
(a) It gets faster and closer.
(b) It gets angrier.
(c) It fades to quiet.
(d) It gets further away.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Emperor Jones' flight recall his time in America?

2. How does Jeff's appearance affect Jones' flight?

3. Which term describes how Emperor Jones speaks after he leaves the palace?

4. Where does the third forest scene begin?

5. Which literary term describes the structure of the first three forest scenes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What gives Emperor Jones his confidence when he learns that the natives are rising against him?

2. Describe Emperor Jones' state of mind in the second scene.

3. List two interpretations of Jones' vision in the fourth forest scene.

4. What does Emperor Jones do when he sees Jeff?

5. What effect does Emperor Jones create by stripping off his clothes?

6. What irony does Smithers point out in the final scene?

7. How does Emperor Jones' experience in the second scene echo his experience in America?

8. Describe the setting where Act 1, Scene 4 begins.

9. Describe the irony in the natives' method for killing Emperor Jones.

10. What is the significance of Emperor Jones' clothing in the fifth forest scene?

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