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Heart of Darkness P1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Name two people who are aboard the Nellie.
a)
Marlow and Kurtz
b)
Marlow and Fresleven
c)
the narrator and an accountant
d)
the narrator and the manager
2.

Marlow is on the _______________(river - when telling his story) at the beginning of the novel.

a)

Congo

b)

Mississippi

c)

Nile

d)

Thames

3.

What did Marlow have a passion for as a child?

a)

Colonization

b)

Medicine

c)

Ivory

d)

Maps

4.
Who helps Marlow get his job?
a)
his aunt
b)
the doctor
c)
the manager
d)
Kurtz
5.
Those back home would describe Fresleven as
a)
a violent man
b)
gentle and kind
c)
quiet but conniving
d)
feeble and weak
6.

Fresleven got into a fight with a native chief over

a)

2 hens

b)

4 pounds of ivory

c)

the Native Woman

d)

a steamboat

7.
What were the two women at the door of the doctor’s office doing?
a)
preparing contracts
b)
knitting black wool
c)
guarding the company maps
d)
embroidering chair seats
8.
What does the doctor do to Marlow?
a)
asks him for a family health history
b)
measures his weight
c)
measures his skull
d)
asks about his eating habits
9.
What weird question does the doctor ask him?
a)
Do any of your family members have pets?
b)
Have you ever made a shrunken head?
c)
Do any of your family members have an allergy to elephants?
d)
 Is there any madness in your family?
10.
What does the company trade?
a)
Rubber
b)
Indigo
c)
Ivory
d)
Blood diamonds
11.
What happened to Marlow’s steamboat?
a)
It exploded.
b)
It sank. 
c)
It ran into a hippo carcass
d)
It wrecked into another steamboat.
12.
What does Marlow need to fix his boat?
a)
Rivets
b)
Workers
c)
Iron
d)
a welder
13.
How does Marlow describe the manager?
a)
extraordinary and engaging
b)
not trustworthy but harmless
c)
inspires uneasiness
d)
works hard but is empty.
14.
As a company agent, Kurtz
a)
failed to meet his quota repeatedly
b)
sent in more ivory than anyone else
c)
taught the Africans ballroom dancing
d)
worshipped and hid the ivory
15.

Marlow compares the Congo River to a_________.

a)

snake

b)

alligator mouth

c)

arm

d)

None of the above

16.

A view of humanity that disturbs Marlow when he arrives at the first station is______________________.

a)

Prisoners

b)

dead birds

c)

Kurtz

d)

Exotic Tigers

17.

__________first mentions Kurtz to Marlow.

a)

His aunt

b)

Freddie

c)

Company - Chief Accountant

d)

Fresleven

18.

The_____________ arrives at the central station to accompany Marlow on the journey up the Congo River.

a)

boat

b)

family

c)

Eldorado Exploring Expedition

d)

none of the above

19.

What does Marlow say about work?

a)

It gives us purpose.

b)

All are correct.

c)

It takes away the boredom.

d)

It is meaningless but mandatory.

20.
Kurtz painting depicts
a)
a woman running through a field carrying a torch
b)
the natives attacking an elephant
c)
a steamboat with cannibals aboard and a woman wearing a  blindfold piloting the ship
d)
a woman wearing a blindfold carrying a lighted torch.

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