Heart of Darkness

Reading Check

Form A

Name__________________________________

Part I: Matching

_____ 1. Marlow's predecessor A. the helmsman _____ 2.Immaculately dressed, he presents a contrast B. the chief accountantto the squalid scene _____ 3.snake-like in appearance C. the Russian _____ 4.dresses like a harlequin D. the cannibals _____ 5.helps Marlow get his job on the steamship E. the Congo River _____ 6.interested in the changes in men working inAfrica, measures Marrow's head F. Marlow's aunt _____ 7. as a child, curiosity aroused by blank spaceson map G. Marlow _____ 8.poet, musician, artist, and orator H. the Intended _____ 9.company agents waiting for their assignments I. women in black _____10. nursed Kurtz; stands on the riverbank when he leaves J. the company doctor _____11. crew on the steamship K. the mistress _____12. leader of the Eldorado Trading Expedition L. Fresleven _____13. knit at the company's headquarters M. the manager's uncle _____14. receives a packet of letters and a portrait from Marlow N. Kurtz _____15. killed in the attempt to rescue Kurtz O. the pilgrims

Part II: True/False

Please write a plus sign + if the statement is

true

, and a zero 0 if the statement is

false

. _____ 1. Marlow is not sitting on the deck of the

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at the opening of the novel. _____ 2.Kurtz's report to the International Society proves that he really admires the natives. _____ 3.A Lawyer was one of the listeners to Marlow's tale. _____ 4.The doctor's name was Fresleven. _____ 5.The accountant was insensitive to the natives. _____ 6.Kurtz harvested rubber trees in the Congo. _____ 7. The natives on shore are frightened away by the boat whistle. _____ 8.There were seven characters on board the yawl at the beginning of Chapter One. _____ 9.Fifty miles below the Inner Station Marlow finds a book that contains what appears to be cipher. _____10. The knobs on top of the poles at the Inner Station were human heads. _____11. The Intended married shortly after Marlow's return to London. _____12. Marlow tells the Intended the complete truth about Kurtz. _____13. The harlequin figure is obsessed with Kurtz.

Part III: Multiple Choice

_____ 1. The narrator for the majority of the novel is (a) Marlow (b) an old sailor (c) Kurtz (d) the Accountant. _____ 2.Marlow tends to be (a) an egotist (b) observant and willing to comment (c) modest and cowardly (d) elusive and intentionallydeceptive. _____ 3.Kurtz is the perfect example of (a) a successful philanthropist in Africa (b) the European's failure in Africa (c) atechnological genius (d) a lunatic who doesn’t understand his own actions. _____ 4.One of the lessons Conrad tries to impart to us through Marlow is that (a) the 'heart of darkness' exists only in Africa (b)Imperialism is problematic (c) we all must work whether we like it or not (d) Africans are not to be trusted. _____ 5.The infamous Mr. Kurtz (a) appears for the first time at the very outset of the novel (b) is actually part of the action for onlya few pages (c) never actually appears in the novel (d) is the unnamed narrator. _____ 6 Through Marlow, Conrad suggests that work (a) keeps people sane (b) causes many hardships (c) drives people insane(d) is only important to Europeans.