Wee HOD Book 2

In book II, Marlow overhears the Central Station Manager and the Uncle speaking about

• the steamship.

• Kurtz.

• the Brickmaker.

• the Accountant.

The Central Station Manager is successful because

• he never grows ill.

• he knows people in the administration.

• he is a prodigy.

• he brings out the most amount of ivory.

Marlow appreciates the cannibals because

• they were men with whom he could work.

• they did not complain.

• they shared their hippo meat.

• they did not kill him.

On route to the Inner Station, Marlow becomes obsessed with

• ivory.

• reading.

• navigating

• Kurtz.

The title Heart of Darkness alludes to all of the following except:

• the interior of the African Congo

• the nature of death

• the evil inside the hearts of mankind

• the primitive nature of man

When Marlow says, "We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster," he is alluding to (2 answers)

• colonization

• emancipation

• surrender

• imperialism

When Marlow recognizes a likeness to the natives, he will only go so far as having a ______ kinship.

• meager

• remote

• slight

• close

The colonists "taught" the fireman that if he let the water gauge drop in the boiler onboard,...

• the steamer would sink.

• an evil spirit would take vengeance.

• he would be thrown overboard and left to die.

• the steamer would explode.

Fifty miles below the Inner Station, and Marlow finds an ominous message stating,

• "Wood for you. Hurry up."

• "Shallow water!"

• "Turn around."

• "rocks ahead!"

The book, An Inquiry into Some Points of Seamanship fascinates Marlow because the owner wrote notes in the margin in

• cipher.

• Chinese.

• French.

• Italian.