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Heart Of Darkness Test 2
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Heart Of Darkness Test 2
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1. The Cruising Yawl That They Are Traveling On At The Start Of The Novella.

2. What Marlow Calls The 20 People Who Act As A Crew In The Middle Of The Novel And Occasionally Push The Steamboat. He Also Says "They Were Men One Could Work With - And I Am Grateful To Them."

3. Described As"Sporting A Pair Of Brass Earrings - Wore A Blue Cloth Wrapper From The Waist To The Ankles - And Thought All The World Of Himself...The Most Unstable Kind Of Fool I Had Ever Seen

4. Described As"Quiet - Commonplace In Complexion - In Features - In Manners - And In Voice..Was Of Middle Size And Of Ordinary Build...Cold Blue Eyes(As Heavy As An Ax) - And A Stealthy Smile." He Was Obeyed - Yet He Inspired Neither Love Nor Fear - Nor Even Respect But Uneasiness - And His Health Was The Main Reason That He Held His Posistion.

5. What Was The Quarrel Between Fresleven(Danish) A Captain For The Company And The Chief Of A Village About. Fresleven Is Mad About This And Beats The Chief Of The Village - However The Chief's Son Stabs Him In Between The Shoulder And Kills Him. Fresleven Death Is What Allowed Him To Become A Captain For The Comany Himeself.

6. The Last Words That Kurtz Says Before He Dies. At The Time He Was Talking To Marlow Right Before He Died About "Lying Here In The Dark Waiting For Death."

7. The Captain And The Host Of The Trip. He Is Described As Resembling A Pilot.

8. How Long The Trip That Marlow Took After The Ten Days At The Station. He Left With A Caravan Of About 60 Men. Marlow Describes The Trip As ""No Use Telling You Much About That...Up And Down Stony Hills Ablaze With Heat; And A Solitude - A Solitude - Nobody - Not A Hut.

9. He Is Descibed As Having Sunken Cheeks - A Yellow Complexion - A Straight Back - An Ascetic Aspect - Resembling An Idol - And The Only One Who Still Follows The Sea. He Is Also The Main Character Of The Book. Refered To In The Book By His Last Name.

10. Is A Refernce(Allusion) To One Of The Seven Chief Devils And The Tempter Of Faust Which Caused Him To Lose His Soul. Marlow Calls One Of The Men He Meets A " Papier-mache __________." While At Central Station .

11. What Kurtz Calls The General Manager As He Is Giving Marlow All Of His Important Papers.

12. What Marlow Was Missing Most Of The Time When He Was Trying To Repair His Steamer. He Later Says Hang!- and Let Things Slide - Because They Don't Come For Such A Long Time. He Seems To Focus His Attention On Kurz And Whether This Man "Who Had Come Out Equipped With Moral Ideas Of Some Sort - Would Climb To The Top After All".

13. Marlow Tells A Story About A 60 Year Old Man He Knew Who Was A __________. He Was "Certain - Dead Sure - There Were People In Mars." If You Asked Him For Some Idea How They Looked And Behaved - He Would Get Shy And Mutter Something About 'walking On All-fours.' - And If You Didn't Believe Him He Would Try And Fight.

14. Marlow Describes This As "No Patience Can Wear It Out - Disgust Simply Does Not Exist...Its Exasperating Torment - Its Black Thoughts - Its Somber And Brooding Ferocity.....Like The Foam On The Depths Of The Sea - Like A Ripple On A Unfathomable Enigma...Behind The Blind Whiteness Of The Fog.

15. Marlow Describes Traveling On The_____ - As Going Back To The Earliest Beginnings Of The World. Long - Deserted Into The Gloom Of Overshadowed Distance - With Silver Sandbanks With Hippos And Alligators On Them.

16. Marlow________ Kurtz In Order To Catch Up With Him On The Trail(Near The End Of The Novel) When He Was Trying To Get Away.

17. What Occurs During One Of The Months That Kurz Is Working On Fixing His Steamer. Blamed On A "*****- Who Was Being Beaten Nearby And Screeching Most Horribly"

18. According To Marlow What Fades When You Have To Attend To The Little Things? Refers To The Time That Marlow Is Going Up The River(Probably Congo River) To Get To Kurtz.

19. Who Said "Clear This Poor Devil Out Of The Country - And Don't Bother Sending More Of That Sort. I Had Rather Be Alone Than Have The Kind Of Men You Can Dispose Of With Me." When Talking To Uncle.

20. What Did Marlow Throw Into The River After The Attack By The Natives Caused Blood From A Dead Man(The Helmsman) Ruined These?

21. A Secondary Story Inserted Into The Main Story. Joseph Conrad Uses This Narrative Technique In Heart Of Darkness.

22. Described As "White Man - In Such An Unexpected Elegance Of Get-up That In The First Moment I Took Him For A Sort Of Vision. I Saw A High Starched Collar - White Cuffs - A Light Alpaca Jacket - Snowy Trousers - A Clear Necktie - And Varnished Boots. No Hat. Hair Parted - Brushed - Oiled - Under A Green-lined Parasol Held In A Big White Hand. He Was Amazing - And Had A Penholder Behind His Ear."

23. Who Said "Make Rain And Fine Weather- one Man- the Council- by The Nose'. And `the Climate May Do Away With This Difficulty For You. Is He Alone There?" When Talking To The General Manager.

24. What Does "Kurtz" Mean In German.

25. Who Announced That Mr. Kurz Was Dead By Saying "Mistah Kurtz- he Dead."