Heart of Darkness - Chapter 2

How do Marlow's shoes get soaked in blood?

• He walks across The Nellie (the steamboat) after the attack.

• The blood belongs to the helmsmen who is killed by a spear thrown by natives.

• A spear pierces Marlow's ribs and drips blood onto his shoes.

• The manager forces Marlow to kill the cannibals.

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What drives the natives away?

• The manager returns fire.

• The pilgrim wearing pink pygamas defends the boat.

• Kurtz orders the natives to stop.

• Marlow blows the steamboat's whistle.

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After the attack, which thought immediately crosses Marlow's mind?

• Kurtz is dead.
• We need more ivory.
• The manager is obsessed with Kurtz.
• Kurtz is responsible.

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Marlow begins to discuss Kurtz...

• ...because Kurtz appears to the crew of the Nellie.
• ...as he hallucinates following the attack.
• ...because he is presenting future information as if it is the present.
• ...as it discovered that he is dead.

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Marlow interrupts his story in order to address the men who are listening to his story on the Thames.  Why does he tell them that "they couldn't hope to understand his despair at thinking he would never get to meet Kurtz...?

• These men live in civilization.  They can't comprehend the loss of meaning and emptiness he has experienced.
• These men are vying for Kurtz's position.  They have no interest in empathizing with Marlow.
• This crew has met Kurtz.  They don't believe he lives up to all the hype.
• These pilgrims only have an interest in ivory.

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What does Kurtz argue in his report entitled On the Suppression of Savage Customs?

• White men and natives are equals.  White men are responsible for helping them.
• Natives regard white men as gods.
• Being god-like in the eyes of natives can be achieved by possessing ivory.
• White men are gods next to the natives and have a responsiblity to help them.

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Name two people who are aboard the Nellie.

• Marlow and Kurtz
• Marlow and Fresleven
• the narrator and an accountant
• the narrator and the manager

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How does Marlow describe London? 

• a dark place on earth
• misty halos made visible by moonshine
• the culminating point of his experience
  
• a counterfeit place filled with sadness
  

What did Marlow have a passion for as a child?

• Boating
• Medicine
• Ivory
• Maps

Who helps Marlow get his job?

• his aunt
• the doctor
• the manager
• Kurtz

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