Monday

HOD Test

1.  The author’s use of deliberate ambiguity:
            (A) helps the progression of plot
            (B) enhances the characterization of Marlow
            (C) is supported by the use of a second narrator
            (D) is the result of the manager’s cynicism
            (E) helps reinforce the theme


2.  Conrad has Marlow leave the "heart of darkness" as quickly as he arrives because Marlow:
            (A) must return to defend Kurtz’s legacy
            (B) accepts the responsibility of his employment
            (C) does not find the jungle’s moral code appealing
            (D) fears for his own safety
            (E) knows what he will become if he stays


3.  The main reason Kurtz turns his back on his former existence is:
            (A) the attractiveness of the Id
            (B) his desire to be free from society's limitations
            (C) his personality flaw: lack of restraint
            (D) his need for power
            (E) his fear of what he had become


4.  Marlow respects Kurtz’s:
            (A) absolute freedom
            (B) savage nature
            (C) complete control
            (D) ability to love
            (E) love of truth


5.  All of the following are ironic except:
            (A) Kurtz allows himself to be worshipped
            (B) Kurtz knows what he has become
            (C) Marlow hates lies
            (D) laws prevent society from reverting back
            (E) that Kurtz achieves in a distorted way




6.  The structure of the novel with multiple narrators:
            (A) helps the reader maintain a connection with reality
            (B) helps the reader better understand the character of Kurtz
            (C) does little to enhance the meaning of the work
            (D) prevents the reader from gaining an accurate depiction of character motives
            (E) refines the overall flow of the plot


7. Conrad’s main focus of the work was:
            (A) to show how strong temptation can be
            (B) to discuss the horrors of solitude
            (C) to discuss moral and ethical issues
            (D) to show how good will always defeat evil
            (E) to explain man’s inhumanity to man



8.  When Conrad writes that Kurtz had a, “[...] soul that knew no restraint, no faith, and no                      fear, yet struggling blindly with itself,” the author suggests:
            (A) Kurtz is consumed by his id
            (B) the complexity of a world devoid of superego influence
            (C) Kurtz will not return to the world he abandoned
            (D) most id-driven individuals struggle with limitations
            (E) Marlow sees what leads to the downfall of man


9.  The heads on the stakes represent:
            (A) the brutality of the environment
            (B) Kurtz’s flaw magnified by conflict
            (C) Kurtz’s need for power
            (D) the need to exert one’s dominance
            (E) the guilt of the jungle


10.  Marlow tells Kurtz’s intended that the last words Kurtz muttered were her name because:
            (A)  he had grown to admire Kurtz
            (B)  he did not fully understand what had happened
            (C)  the truth was too horrific
            (D)  the intended already knew the truth

            (E)  Marlow felt the need to preserve Kurtz’s memory 

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