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| 6742392298 | Who were the 5 passengers aboard the Nellie? | The narrator, director of companies, lawyer, the accountant, Marlow | 0 | |
| 6742392299 | The name of the ship that Marlow tells his story on is called the.... | Nellie | 1 | |
| 6742392300 | Because the story is heard by another passenger as Marlow retells it, Marlow's story is a.... | frame story | 2 | |
| 6742392301 | There is an opening for captain on board the trading company's ship because the previous captain had been _____ by the _____ due to an _____ | killed; natives; argument | 3 | |
| 6742392302 | In the beginning of the novel, Marlow compares what the Europeans are doing to Africa to what the _____ did to _____ 1900 years ago. | Romans; Europe | 4 | |
| 6742392303 | Who helps Marlow get a job with the company? | An aunt | 5 | |
| 6742392304 | When Marlow goes to the doctor in the beginning of the story, the doctor measures Marlow's _____ and asks if there is any _____ in Marlow's family | cranium; madness | 6 | |
| 6742392305 | marlow's aunt thinks that marlow's main motivation in going to the congo is to _____, rather than the fact that he just needs _____ | help the africans; money | 7 | |
| 6742392308 | When Marlow goes into the grove at the outer station, he finds the natives _____ | dying | 8 | |
| 6742392309 | What does Marlow do for a native in the grove of death at the outer station? | gives him a biscuit | 9 | |
| 6742392310 | Who always kept up his appearance? Marlow first hears about Kurtz from this man. | accountant | 10 | |
| 6742392311 | When Marlow reaches his boat at the central station, it has _____ because others had tried to take the _____ upriver. | sunken; manager | 11 | |
| 6742392312 | What man from the central station "inspired uneasiness." | manager | 12 | |
| 6742392314 | Marlow thinks the main reason the manager keeps his position is because he remained _____ | healthy | 13 | |
| 6742392315 | Marlow calls the brick maker at the central station the... | papier-mache mephistopheles | 14 | |
| 6742392317 | The Europeans are called _____ because they have come to Africa to take all of its _____ | pilgrims; resources | 15 | |
| 6742392318 | Marlow detests... | lies | 16 | |
| 6742392319 | What does Marlow need to fix his boat at the central station? | rivets | 17 | |
| 6742392320 | Marlow thinks the value of work is... | to find yourself | 18 | |
| 6742392321 | The Eldorado Exploring Expedition was mainly looking for... | gold | 19 | |
| 6742392322 | The manager's uncle tells him not to worry about Kurtz because Kurtz is _____ | sick | 20 | |
| 6742392324 | On his way to the inner station, Marlow finds a _____ in an abandoned dwelling that he later discovers was owned by the.... | book; Russian | 21 | |
| 6742392325 | When Marlow's boat is attacked on his way to the inner station, the head-native wants to _____ the attackers. | catch and eat | 22 | |
| 6742392326 | When they come upon the abandoned dwelling on their way to the inner station, there is a note saying to proceed with _____ but to come _____. | caution; quickly | 23 | |
| 6742392327 | Which character is very enthusiastic and completely enthralled with Kurtz? | Russian | 24 | |
| 6742392328 | What did the food the natives on Marlow's ship plan to eat? | hippo meat | 25 | |
| 6742392329 | The currency used to pay the natives on Marlow's boat | three pieces of brass wire | 26 | |
| 6742392330 | The cannibals don't eat the pilgrims on Marlow's boat because they have... | restraint | 27 | |
| 6742392332 | Marlow does not think the natives will attack his ship on the way to the inner station because their cry was not a cry of violence, but rather one of _____ | grief | 28 | |
| 6742392334 | When Marlow meets Kurtz, he says that he is very little more than a... | voice | 29 | |
| 6742392335 | What Marlow throws overboard after the helmsman's death | shoes | 30 | |
| 6742392336 | Who dies by a spear in his side? | helmsman | 31 | |
| 6742392338 | Kurtz writes his report of the Congo for the... | International Society for the Suppression of Savage Customs | 32 | |
| 6742392339 | Kurtz's footnote at the end of his report | exterminate all the brutes | 33 | |
| 6742392341 | The Russian says that the natives attacked Marlow's ship because they... | don't want Kurtz to leave | 34 | |
| 6742392342 | Kurtz was mainly searching for _____ in the wilderness | ivory | 35 | |
| 6742392343 | The ornaments on posts in front of Kurtz's house are actually... | human heads | 36 | |
| 6742392344 | The Russian says that Kurtz _____ his mind | enlarged | 37 | |
| 6742392345 | Marlow uses the ____ as he is taking Kurtz away in an effort to save the natives from being... | whistle; shot | 38 | |
| 6742392346 | Kurtz's last words | the horror! the horror! | 39 | |
| 6742392347 | Kurtz is buried in a _____ by the _____ | muddy hole; pilgrims | 40 | |
| 6742392348 | Marlow says towards the end that the most one can hope for in life is... | knowledge of yourself | 41 | |
| 6742392349 | Marlow considers Kurtz a _____ man because he reflects back on his life and has something to say about it in the end. | remarkable | 42 | |
| 6742392350 | Marlow's loyalty to Kurtz is shown in the fact that he keeps Kurtz's _____ and _____ | papers; photograph | 43 | |
| 6742392351 | How long passes before Marlow goes to see the intended after he returns from Africa? | over a year | 44 | |
| 6742392352 | Although only a _____ of Kurtz remains, the intended insists that his _____ will remain in his vast plans and that his good _____ will remain in his goodness towards all men. | memory; words; example | 45 | |
| 6742392353 | Marlow tells the intended that Kurtz's last words were... | her name | 46 | |
| 6742392360 | Why did the natives adore Kurtz? | They had never seen a gun before, thought he controlled thunder and lightning. | 47 | |
| 6742392361 | the native chief; he gave them some meat and got ivory in return. kurtz threatens to shoot him if he doesn't give up ivory and leave country. after this kurtz gets sick 2nd time | The Harlequin got ivory from | 48 | |
| 6742392365 | mr. kurtz has given into his dark desires | The head on stakes show | 49 | |
| 6742392367 | he didn't want to hear the details because it would be worse than seeing the heads and the heads were rather a "relief" heads were = rebels / enemies, criminals, workers -- kurtz laughs at this | Marlow talking to Kurtz about the heads said? | 50 | |
| 6742392368 | 10 nights. no medicine for kurtz | How long had the Harlequin been awake and why? | 51 | |
| 6742392369 | binocular; scene with kurtz in a stretcher and the heads | Looking from the boat Marlow sees? | 52 | |
| 6742392370 | looked like a skeleton carved out of ivory was shaking its hand at men made of bronze. he opened his mouth so wide that it looked as if he wanted to swallow all the men in front of him and earth and air | How does Marlowe describe Kurtz on the stretcher? | 53 | |
| 6742392372 | short in german, but in real life he's 7 feet tall | "kurtz" means | 54 | |
| 6742392373 | the african mistress because she rambles at kurtz and threw a fit about rages he used to patch his clothes | Who does the Russian want to kill and why? | 55 | |
| 6742392374 | kurtz's method is unsound and "caution" is his motto, thinks kurtz did more harm than good to the company-- marlow says he can ask the brick maker to write report | How does the manager describe Kurtz's method? | 56 | |
| 6742392375 | that he is worried that agents are out to get him. marlow tells him about manager wanting to hang him, he leaves with bullets, shoes, tobacco , ensures mr. kurtz's reputation was safe with marlow .has a canoe and 3 natives waiting | Russian confides that since he is the "same profession" as marlow | 57 | |
| 6742392376 | dark human shapes 2 men, 1 women -- walked proudly, clothes striped and fringed, hair in a shape of helmet, brass gloves, brass leggings, necklace made of glass bead, strange charms (worth several elephant tusks) | russian stares at the shore with agents at | 58 | |
| 6742392379 | when marlow finds him crawling in the jungle, kurtz says to hide marlow, but marlow said he'll be lost. marlow says he will kill/ beat (stick/stone) kurtz if he shouts | Describe the exchange between Kurtz and MArlow in the jungle? | 59 | |
| 6742392380 | awareness that kurtz was not a man with whom he can reason, can only appeal to his sense of himself ans power -- he had broken free/ kicked himself loose of the earth; no standards | Marlow feels terror from | 60 | |
| 6742392384 | when he had something to say, he said it. he stared at all of life and judged it. | kurtz was such a great man according to marlow because | 61 | |
| 6742392386 | determines kurtz is a universal genius, was a musician, painter, journalist | kurtz's cousin come to marlow 2 days later and | 62 | |
| 6742392387 | believe kurtz should be in politics, he was an all around extremist of any party | journalist colleague | 63 | |
| 6742392388 | the intended's name. couldn't tell her truth because it was too dark | marlow lies that kurtz's last word was | 64 | |
| 6742392389 | marlow sits in buddha pose meditating, here were too many clouds to see the sea, and the river that led to the ends of the earth looked somber beneath the overcast sky. It seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness. | heart of immense darkness | 65 | |
| 6742392392 | Kurtz is reacting to being taken away from Africa by people he sees as having inferior vision. He has just watched his mistress on the banks of the river. | "I'll carry my ideas out yet-I'll show you what can be done. You with your peddling little notions." | 66 | |
| 6742392394 | Marlow is asked by the Russian not to betray all of Kurtz's methods to the Europeans and the Company - to not destroy his false reputation. Marlow has to make a choice, and chooses tentatively to keep Kurtz's secrets. | "Mr. Kurtz's reputation is safe with me." | 67 | |
| 6742392395 | Again, the Russian trader, this time on his departure to save himself from death, is remarking on Kurtz's ―brilliance and remembering poetry they shared. Discuss the symbol of heads. | "Oh, he enlarged my mind" | 68 | |
| 6742392398 | The Harlequin offers this comment to Marlow about Kurtz. | "'You can't judge Mr. Kurtz as you would an ordinary man.'" | 69 | |
| 6742392399 | Marlow makes this comment as he reflects on meeting Kurtz alone in the wilderness. | "But his soul was mad. Being alone in the wilderness, it had looked within itself and, by heavens I tell you, it had gone mad." | 70 | |
| 6742392400 | Kurtz is remarkable to Marlow because he can create something out of the numbing nothingness of the Congo. | "He was a remarkable man." | 71 | |
| 6742392402 | The "manager's boy" appears and announces this in a scathing tone. | "Mistah Kurtz—he dead." | 72 | |
| 6742392406 | The unnamed speaker of the story, after hearing Marlow's tale, looks out onto the world and sees it for what it is, a dark, dark place. | "The tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed sombre under an overcast sky—seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness." | 73 | |
| 6742392407 | Kurt's enigmatic final words | "The Horror " | 74 | |
| 6742392409 | The Russian continues in his loyalty to Kurtz, making excuses about how life treats Kurtz, justifying his savagery (such as the killing of the rebels and the staking of their heads). | "I! I! I am a simple man. I have no great thoughts. I want nothing from nobody. How can you compare me to...." | 75 | |
| 6742392410 | Kurtz is reacting to being taken away from Africa by people he sees as having inferior vision. He has just watched his mistress on the banks of the river. | "I'll carry my ideas out yet-I'll show you what can be done. You with your peddling little notions." | 76 | |
| 6742392411 | The Manager is referring to Kurtz's method of obtaining the ivory. He is trying to separate himself from Kurtz's inhumanity, however, ironically his methods are not better. | "Because the method is unsound." | 77 |
