Heart of Darkness

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evil genius

What archetype does Kurtz resemble?

The horror! The horror!

What are Kurtz's final words?

his air of possession

What disturbs Marlow the most about the way Kurtz talks about his Intended, ivory, the Inner Station, and the river?

the African helmsman

What disturbs Marlow the most about the way Kurtz talks about his Intended, ivory, the Inner Station, and the river?

They are enigmas

What do Kurtz and his African mistress have in common?

drums

What do the men aboard the steamer hear at night on their journey to Kurtz's station?

dance

What do the natives do when a grass shed housing trade goods burns down?

severed heads

What does Kurtz use to adorn the fence post around the Inner Station?

stares and then leaves

What does Kurtz's African mistress do when she sees Kurtz being brought aboard the steamer?

lacking substance

What does Kurtz's style mask?

he calls Kurtz remarkable

What does Marlow say to completely alienate himself from the general manager and the rest of the Company's functionaries?

tropical disease

What does the general manager's uncle imply may kill Kurtz?

a map

What inspired Marlow to go to Africa?

His clean white clothes

What is the chief accountant's accomplishment?

Belgian Mining Corporation

What is the name of the group of white men led by the general manager's uncle?

the Nellie

What is the name of the ship in the Thames where Marlow tells his story?

rivets

What item from the coast does Marlow tell the brickmaker that he needs to repair the steamer?

riverboat captain

What job does Marlow take with the Company?

preventing Kurtz's departure

When Marlow arrives at the Inner Station, what explanation does the Russian trader give for the natives attacking the steamer?

over a year

When Marlow visits Kurtz's Intended and finds her still in mourning, how long has it been since Kurtz's death?

resistance to tropical disease

Where does Marlow believe the general manager's authority comes from?

the wilderness

Where does the Eldorado Expedition go when they leave the Central Station?

the Bible

Where does the term "whited sepulcher" come from?

Polish Ukraine

Where was Joseph Conrad born?

women

Which are almost never present in Conrad's novels?

Marlow

Which character acts as a guide for the reader?

cynicism

Which of Marlow's characteristics is not one of a traditional hero?

the Russian trader

Who beckons to the steamer from the shore at the Inner Station when they arrive?

general manager/his uncle

Who does Marlow overhear having a conversation one night while he is lying on the deck of the wrecked steamer?

the brickmaker

Who has a painting of a blindfolded woman holding a lighted torch in his quarters?

men aboard the Nellie

Who is the audience for the central story of Heart of Darkness?

Kurtz

Who is the object of Marlow's quest?

his predecessor died

Why was the Company eager to send Marlow to Africa?

Kurtz talks to them

After rushing at Kurtz's stretcher with a piercing cry, why do the natives withdraw and allow the party to pass?

food

Before leaving in a canoe, which of these items does the Russian trader not ask Marlow for?

power

Heart of Darkness suggests that ___ inevitably corrupts.

European Imperialism

Heart of Darkness was one of the first novels to provide a critical view of ______?

his aunt

How did Marlow get his job with the Belgian Company?

ill and not recovered

How did the clerk describe Kurtz's condition to the general manager when he delivered Kurtz's load of ivory?

as objects

How do the main white characters in Heart of Darkness treat the African characters?

he throws him overboard

How does Marlow dispose of the African helmsman's body?

He makes them feel unsettled

How does the general manager control those around him?

Africa

In his youth, where did Conrad dream of traveling someday?

Observation and eavesdropping Interiors and exteriors Darkness

Motifs in Heart of Darkness

the Congo

On what river did Marlow captain a steamship for the Company?

Fog The river Women

Symbols in Heart of Darkness

hypocrisy of imperialism Madness resulting from imperialism absurdity of evil

Themes for Heart of Darkness

Russian trader

Who left the stacked firewood for Marlow and the crew to find on their journey to the Inner Station?

his aunt

Who nurses Marlow back to health once he returns to Europe?

Kurtz

Who ordered the attack on the steamer?

music

According to his cousin, Kurtz's talent was ___?

popular or extremist politics

According to his cousin, Kurtz's talent was ___?

Kurtz

According to the Russian trader, who really ordered the attack on the steamer?

kurtz/the company

Marlow can be read as an intermediary between the extremes of which two figures?

her name

Marlow tell Kurtz's Intended that Kurtz's last words were ___?


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