Heart of Darkness Part 1

What is Marlow's sailing history?

• He isn't very experience and only had one fresh-water excursion

• The time of the story is his first ever trip

• He is vastly experience in seafaring

• He has only been to China before this trip

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As a child, Marlow was interested in ...

• sailing and boats

• maps and uncharted territory

• the oppression of men

• the heart of darkness

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What region specifically interests Marlow?

• a vast river in Africa

• The Orient

• America

• South America

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Who gets Marlow the job driving a steamboat on this river?

• His aunt

• his dad

• he doesn't have family

• his uncle

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Why does Marlow get the job so easily?

• he bribed the leader of the trading company

• his aunt was well known in the community

• he was very experienced and suited for the job

• the original pilot was killed by natives

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What does the doctor do during the physical that Marlow is suspicious of?

• refuses to do the physical

• takes his temperature

• measures the size of his head

• kicks him out of the office

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Why is the doctor never able to get a second measurement?

• no one ever comes back

• they ditch the doctor's appointment

• he is a new doctor

• because the measurement never changes

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Please draw how you picture Marlow in your head as you read

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