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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Someone enters the sixth forest scene with Emperor Jones. What does that figure represent to Emperor Jones?
(a) The spirit of the earth.
(b) The spirit of justice.
(c) The forces of evil.
(d) Divine forgiveness.

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

4. What role is Emperor Jones supposed to play in the other person in the sixth scene's plans?
(a) Jones is supposed to receive the figure's blessings.
(b) Jones is supposed to let kill himself.
(c) Jones is supposed to preside over the sacrificial offering.
(d) Jones is supposed to be the sacrificial offering.

5. The fact that Emperor Jones is killed by a silver bullet made from money is a form of what?
(a) Irony.
(b) Catharsis.
(c) Epiphany.
(d) Foreshadowing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What structure predominates over the sixth forest scene?

2. What does Emperor Jones do when he comes on stage in the fourth forest scene?

3. What is the irony of the silver bullet?

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

5. Where does Emperor Jones go at the end of the sixth forest scene?

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