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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Emperor Jones do when he enters the sixth forest scene?
2. Is Emperor Jones moving any closer to freedom in the fifth forest scene?
3. Who does Emperor Jones stand in for in the fourth forest scene?
4. What does the other figure in the sixth forest scene with Emperor Jones intend to do?
5. What is the irony of the silver bullet?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the action of the play affect you as a viewer? Are you sympathetic to Emperor Jones' situation or does he seem like a villain? Do you want him to escape, or do you want him to be caught and killed? How does the play manipulate your sympathies and expectations? Do you feel relieved at the conclusion? Do you feel that justice has been done?
Essay Topic 2
What do we know about characters through how they speak? How does Emperor Jones' speech change throughout the play? What does the change in his speech tell us about his experience? What other voices do we hear? Do they change as well?
Essay Topic 3
Emperor Jones' visions portray both historical and personal scenes. Describe the effect of the historical scenes, and the personal scenes, and compare and contrast the scenes. Is Emperor Jones a historical play, or a play about one man's flight from justice?
This section contains 336 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |
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