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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has the beat of the tom-tom changed when the second forest scene opens?

2. What does Jones do when he appears at the beginning of the third forest scene?

3. What does Smithers talk to the old woman about in the first scene?

4. Which answer describes Jeff's movements?

5. What does Emperor Jones do when he is invited, with a gesture, to join the figures he sees in the third forest scene?

Short Essay Questions

1. What relationship binds Emperor Jones to the figures in the vision he sees in the fifth forest scene?

2. Describe the apparition Emperor Jones sees in the third forest scene.

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

4. Describe the apparition Emperor Jones sees in the sixth forest scene.

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

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

7. Why was Emperor Jones foolish to fire his gun at the formless fears?

8. Contrast the vision Emperor Jones has in the fourth forest scene with the first vision he has.

9. Explain how Emperor Jones attained his authority over the natives.

10. How are the formless fears manifested on stage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does Emperor Jones simply get what is coming to him, or does he learn anything through the course of the play?

Essay Topic 2

Emperor Jones is almost offered up as a sacrifice to the crocodile. What else is sacrificed in the play? Describe three sacrifices. What is given up? What does the sacrificer hope to obtain in return?

Essay Topic 3

Research essay. How has this play been staged in the past? Taking what you can from past reviews, describe the physical properties of professional productions.

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