Heart of Darkness Part I

Marlow's adventure takes place in...

• The Asian Congo
• Denmark
• The European Congo
• The African Congo

The direct audience narrator is...

• a passenger on the Nellie, the ship on the Thames river.
  
• The director of the company.
• The accountant of the company.
• Marlow

When Marlow was young, he had an obsession with...

• Microscopes
• River boats
• Maps
• Travel books

Why does Marlow want to go to Africa?

• To achieve the American dream
• He says that he wants to explore the blank spaces on his map
• He wants to get ivory so he can get rich and pay off his debts
• He was shanghaied into service upon a ship

Who helps Marlow obtain his position at the Company?

• His mother
• His aunt
• His father
• His grandmother

Who is Fresleven?

• A dane
• The boat captain that Marlow is replacing
• A dead guy--he has grass growing up through his ribs
• All of the answers

In the sepulcher city, Marlow meets...

• Fresleven

• The accountant

• Two women, knitting black wool

• Mr. Kurtz

The "[t]wo women, one fat and the other slim, sat on straw-bottomed chairs, knitting black wool" represent Aphrodite and Hades--two significant Greek gods.

• True

• False

During his journey to Africa, Marlow witnesses two contrasting images: natives rowing boats and _______.

• Fresleven's body--with grass growing through the ribs
• A chain gang working in the heat
• a French man-o-war firing cannons into the forest
• Kurtz's painting of the woman

The main reason Marlow admires the chief accountant is because of his...

• impeccable dress
• revolutionary ideas
• kindly disposition
• good work ethic