heart of darkness quizzes Flashcards

1
Q

marlow is compared to what as he sits crosslegged and hands out

A

buddha

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2
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this too has been one of the dark places of the earth

this=

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london

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3
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what spots did marlow have a hankering after as a boy on a map

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spots that were blank

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4
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who helped marlow get this job

A

aunt

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5
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where?

company manager

A

central

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6
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where?

grove of death

A

outer

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7
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where?

burning shed

A

central

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8
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where?

rusting rivetss

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outer

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9
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where?

brickmaker

A

central

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10
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where?

portrait

A

central

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11
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where?eldorado expedition

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central

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12
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where?

sunken steamer

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central

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13
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where?

scape goat

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central

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14
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where?pilgrims

A

cental

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15
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where?reclaimed black man

A

outer

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16
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where?

hole in bucket

A

central

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17
Q

where?

haridresser’s dummy

A

outer

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18
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where?

grass unaffected by two shadows

A

central

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19
Q

what words does marlow heart that kurtz said thatt sound noble

A

trying to civilize the savages

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20
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who entered the woods and was received like a diver into the ocean

A

the eldorado exploring expedition

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21
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what was comparing to a beetle crawling othe floor of a portico

A

teh steamer

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22
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what kept marlow from going ashore for a howl and a dance

A

his work kept him busy

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23
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who does marlow describe as an improved speciemn

A

the helmesman

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24
Q

who is aboard the steamer with marlow on the congo

A

some pilgrims, 20 cannibals, helmsman, company maannger,

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25
what is the channel
deepest part of the congo
26
Ah my boy, trust to this---i say trust to this
manager's uncle to manager. saying wilderness will take care of marlow
27
you stand the climate---you outlast them all
manager's uncle to manager
28
what does it mean that "the scoundrel..recovered imperfectly"
the uncle and company manager are talking about how kurtz recovered form his illness
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he was useful because he had been instructed
the helmsman
30
where does ivory come from
tusks of elephants
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each station should be like a ____ on the road toward better things
beacon
32
what was described as a "grimy beetle that crawledon the floor of a lofty protico
steamship
33
portico
talll lofty high porch
34
five things that marlow describe as restraints
``` work beliefs, self apearance side walks pavement police ```
35
unique appearece of marlow's helmsamn
bone in bottom lip scars on cheek dressed in white mena's clothing
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was liike tearing myself away from the shelter of an old and solid friendship what is it
tattered book on seamanship
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4 things that drove kurtz over the edge
isolation hnger living in the congo aaway from white people
38
what does marlow think of woman
they are fragile-will break under reality, should stay in parlor with teacup
39
my ____, my ______ my ____, my ______
intended station river ivoery
40
why hasn't the wilderness taken vengeance on the russian
he just wants adventure. taking nothing else
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kurtz's material aspirations
ivory | money
42
what were kurtz's less material aspirations
to be worshipped' power
43
i was anxious to deal with this shadow by myself alone
I=marlow | shadow-kurtz
44
he rose..like avapor exhaled by the earth before me
he-kurtz | me-marlow
45
it had horns
native sorceror
46
if he makes a row we are lost, i thought to myself
he-kurtz
47
i was on the threshold of great things
i-kurtz
48
i tried to break the spell of the wilderness that seemed to draw him to its breast by awawkning brutal instincts
i-marlow | him-kurtz
49
this alone had beguiled his unlawful soul beyond the bounds of permitted aspirations
this -wilderness | heis=kurtz
50
and i wasn't aruging with a lunatic, either
i-marlow
51
his intelligence was perfectly celar--concentrated upon himself with horrible intensity, yet clear
his-kurtz
52
but his soul was mad
his-kurtz
53
fierce river demon-
steamship
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i pulled the string time after time--
marlow
55
stretched her bare arms after us over the somber and glittering river
mistress
56
and then that imbecile crowd down on the deck started their little fun, and i could see nothing for the smoke
crowd-piilgrims
57
one evidence of orgiinal kurtz
gives marlow his stuff in order his good legacy to contriue
58
one evidence of hollow sham
my inteneded, my station, my career, my ideas
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of course, you msut take care of the motives-right motives-always
kurtz
60
one morning he gave me a packet of papers and a photogaraph
kurtz
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i looked at him as you peer down at a man who is lying at the bottom of a precipice where teh sun never shines
i -marlow | himkurtz
62
and i foudn with huiliation that probably i would haven othing to say
i - marlow
63
true, he had made that last stride, he had stepped over theedge, while i had been permitted to draw back my hesitating foot
he-kurtz | what edge? life and death
64
i heard once more the echo of his magnificent eloquence..from a soul as pure as acliff of crystal
krut'z inteneded
65
describe intended's house
3 long windows in the waiting room-floor to ceiling large, marble white fireplace, grand piano like a sarcphagus a tall door
66
describe the intended
dressed in all balck pale fine hair
67
why does the darkness deeped in the house of the intended
marlow feels so much guilt aobut the sham of the kurtz and sees the savagery not the original kurtz.
68
threshold
doorway or entacne
69
lofty
high up or large in amount
70
postscript
exterminate all the brutes