Heart of Darkness Review: Unit Test
Who is the narrator at the beginning of Heart of Darkness? Why the frame story structure?
Where is the story being told, and how does the description parallel Marlow’s destination? How has
Who got Marlow his job with the Company?
What Marlow’s job with the Company is to be
Fresleven and his unfortunate fate
What the French warship is doing; symbolism of the empty beaches
The condition of the natives at the Company’s station
The Company’s chief accountant
How the accountant describes Mr. Kurtz
Ivory—literally and figuratively
The condition of Marlow’s steamer at the Central Station
Description of the general manager
What the general manager inspires in Marlow
Why the general manager is worried about Mr Kurtz
How long it took to fix the steamer
How the brickmaker of the Central Station describes Mr Kurtz
The problem of the rivets
The Eldorado Exploring Expedition
description of the fireman on the steamer
Tower/Towson/Towser
The type of natives comprising the steamer’s crew
The pilgrims
What happens to the steamer just before it arrives at the Inner Station
My Intended
Kurtz’s ethnic background
International Society for the Suppression of Savage Customs
what Kurtz says about how whites appear to natives in his report to the International Society
“my pamphlet”
The harlequin (Russian)
The owner of the sailors’ book found at the abandoned hut
What’s on the posts outside Kurtz’s building
The attitude of the natives to Mr Kurtz
How Kurtz first appears in the story
Mr Kurtz’s and the manager’s relationship
Who ordered the attack on the steamer
Mr. Kurtz’s last words
What Marlow tells The Intended about Kurtz’s last word
