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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How have the natives triumphed by the end of the play?
(a) They have escaped from voodoo by killing the witch doctor.
(b) They have overcome their superstitious beliefs.
(c) They have mastered the art of stone carving.
(d) They have killed a tyrant.

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

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

4. 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.

5. What structure predominates over the sixth forest scene?
(a) A rough stone altar.
(b) The palace.
(c) A prison.
(d) A slave ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Emperor Jones free himself from the vision he sees in the fifth forest scene?

2. Where does Emperor Jones go at the end of the fifth forest scene?

3. Where does Lem say he got his silver bullet?

4. What do we learn from the interaction between what Emperor Jones says and what the figures say in the vision Emperor Jones sees in the fifth forest scene?

5. What is the state of Emperor Jones' clothing as the fourth forest scene begins?

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