Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Heart of Darkness? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Which continent was seen as a blank on Marlow's map when he was a kid?
Africa
Asia
Australia
North America
Q. How does Marlow see black people?
As educated
As savage
As hateful
With his eyes
Q. Why are the colonists in Africa?
To find wives and make families
For pleasure travel
To squeeze profits out of the ivory they find there
To expand Britain's empire
Q. How does fear affect Marlow and Kurtz?
It kind of drives them crazy
The love it and find it invigorating
It gives them panic attacks
It energizes them
Q. How is Marlow's struggle to be good challenged by his experience in Africa?
Africa allows him to be lazy
He's on the bottom of the social ladder
There is no good in the Congo; there's only lots of moral ambiguity
Marlow can't go to church while in Africa