Heart of Darkness

Who helps Marlow get his job on the steamship?

• his aunt

• the doctor

• the manager

• his father

Fresleven got in a fight with a native chief over

• 2 hens
• 4 pounds of ivory
• the Native Woman
• a steamboat

What were the two women at the door of the manager's office doing?

• preparing contracts

• knitting black wool

• guarding the company maps

• embroidering chair seats

What does the doctor do to Marlow?

• asks him for a family health history
• measures his weight
• measures his skull
  
• asks about his eating habits

The narrator compares Marlow and the way he is sitting to:

• An idol

• A tiger waiting to spring

• A cloud

• A prophet

There is a comparison of the river in unnamed Africa to a:

• snake

• jagged slash

• wound

• string of destiny

What does Marlow say about Fresleven's bones when he finds them?

• they are scattered

• they are nailed to a tree

• they have not been moved at all

• they are nowhere to be found

What are the five men doing on the ship as Marlow tells his story?

• waiting to move

• sailing down the (Congo) river

• docked at port

• trying to keep it from sinking

Marlow criticism of early colonists in Africa is:

• they were too violent

• they were too weak

• they didn't stay long enough

• they didn't get what they came for

As a child, Marlow was fascinated by:

• maps, and the blank spaces on them

• boats, and the people who captain them

• love, and the people who give it to others

• money, and the people who get it