Heart of Darkness P1

Name two people who are aboard the Nellie.

• Marlow and Kurtz
• Marlow and Fresleven
• the narrator and an accountant
• the narrator and the manager

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

• Congo

• Mississippi

• Nile

• Thames

What did Marlow have a passion for as a child?

• Colonization

• Medicine

• Ivory

• Maps

Who helps Marlow get his job?

• his aunt
• the doctor
• the manager
• Kurtz

Those back home would describe Fresleven as

• a violent man
• gentle and kind
• quiet but conniving
• feeble and weak

Fresleven got into 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 doctor’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

What weird question does the doctor ask him?

• Do any of your family members have pets?
  
• Have you ever made a shrunken head?
• Do any of your family members have an allergy to elephants?
•  Is there any madness in your family?

What does the company trade?

• Rubber
• Indigo
• Ivory
• Blood diamonds