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| In addition to Marlow and the story's narrator, the three people on the deck on the Nellie are whom? |
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| A company director, a lawyer, and an accountant. |
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| The Congo River is referred to as what? |
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| Marlow's predecessor, Fresleven, dies in Africa from what? |
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| A spear stuck in his back. |
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| The company doctor is in the habit of doing what? |
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| Measuring the heads of employees going to Africa. |
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| One aspect of Conrad's style is that he does what? |
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| Sites the details and lets an inner meaning reveal itself.q |
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| Marlow suggests that the agents whom he describes as looking like pilgrams do what? |
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| All carry spears and appear to worship the word ivry. |
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| On a number of occasions, Marlow describes his travels in Africa as what? |
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| Marlow realizes what quite early after his arrival? |
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| That the natives are treated very cruelly, the whole business operation is very inefficient and wasteful, ant that greed motivates the company and its employees. |
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| Upon arriving at the Central Station, why does Marlow have to wait months before traveling to the Inner Station? |
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| The Station Manager has his some rocks and put a whole in his boat. |
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| The oil painting done by Kurtz shows what? |
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| A blindfolded women with a sinister look on her face, carrying a torch. |
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| Both Kurtz and Marlow are disliked by the young agent (the brickmaker) because he sees both of them as what? |
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| Part of the new gang of virtue. |
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| Who is the leader of the Eldorado Expedition? |
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| The Station Managers uncle. |
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| Why is it important for a ship to get through to Kurtz as soon as possible? |
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| He hasn't received any supplies in a very long time. |
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| After they finally get under way, why is Marlow excited about getting to Kurtz? |
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| He has heard so much about how extraordinary Kurtz is. |
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| In "Heart of Darkness", what does the darkness stand for? |
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| The soul or nature of man, the jungle, and the unknown. |
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| What does Marlow think keeps the starving cannibal crew from attacking himself, the manager, and the agents? |
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| A restraint that involves a code of honor. |
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| What were Kurtz's last words? |
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| Marlow says it is the silence and solitude of the deep jungle that do what? |
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| Bring out the dark and savage nature of Kurtz. |
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| What is Kurtz used to symbolize? |
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| In reading Kurtz's report for the International Society for the Suppression of Savage Customs, what is Marlow surprised by? |
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| What does Marlow call the Russian dressed in patched clothing? |
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| Marlows's phrase to decribe Kurtz, "hollow to the core", is used to suggest that Kurtz has what? |
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| No strong beliefs in anything. |
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| By the end of the story the manager thinks what? |
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| He dislikes both Kurtz and Marlow. |
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| Why does Marlow lie to Kurtz's Intended? |
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| He does not wish to hurt her. |
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