Question 1 of 5What does Marlow mean when he says that England "has been one of the dark places of the Earth?"A.It is the source of violent colonizers.B.The soil of England is black and rich.C.Fear of the dark is a childish preoccupation.D.It used to be uncivilized in ancient times.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Question 4 of 5Which of the following quotes from Heart of Darkness contains sarcasm?A.Marlow calls ruined villages "pathetically childish."B.Marlow calls colonialism a "flabby devil."C.Marlow calls a river in Africa a "snake."D.Marlow calls colonialism "the noble cause."SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Question 8 of 10What criticism could modern readers make against Marlow's idea that the worst evil of colonialism is its failure to accomplish anything?A.His racism prevents him from noticing the extent of cruelty and violence perpetrated on Africans.B.His lust for profit causes him to rationalize violent actions against the African population.C.His admiration for the well-dressed accountant prevents him from recognizing the evils of vanity.D.White people never had the right to decide what should be accomplished in Africa.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Question 3 of 10What metaphor does Marlow create to illustrate the ineffectiveness of colonial projects in Africa?A.He calls colonialism "a miracle."B.He calls colonialism "pathetically childish."C.He calls colonialism a "flabby devil."D.He calls colonialism "the noble cause."SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Question 10 of 10What is an example of sarcasm in Heart of Darkness?A.Marlow calls a highly flawed colonialist official a "supernatural being."B.Marlow wonders why an African man would wear English cloth.C.Marlow says the ruins of grass huts are "pathetically childish."D.Marlow says that England was once "one of the dark places of the earth."SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

QUESTION 4(12 to 14)he student could provide more detailed comparisons between the two sources and a deeper analysis of the writers' feelings and perspectives. Linking observations more explicitly to the question throughout the response would also improve the overall quality. In the beginning of Source A, the writer has a rather worried and tense tone. "It was still dark" and the writen began to "feel vulnerable again". This creates an ambience of utter fear and curiosity.   The colour imagery used in "dark" could foreshadow the tragic events which will occur later on in the source,whereas james feeling "vulnerable" could perhaps show the reason as why things took the wrong turn.This provides to the reader certainly that the main characters were feeling almost depressed by the long journey awaiting for them. However in the middle of the source, the wirter encounter their first problem. A "wall of white water was towering over our little boath", the metaphor of "white water", is misleading as "white" has connotations with purity and safety,but that wasn't what James and Ben were feeling in that moment.Moreover the verb "towering" could be used to present the inferiority of the presence of james and Ben in the boat as compared to the omnipotent power of the sea,painting James and Ben experience as a journey full of disasters and perils. The use of white to describe the sea,is a complete contrast to "everything was midnight black". "Black" in this case could be a warning of death,as Ben and James find themselves in the middle of the sea,where no one could help them,and they are utterly alone; therefore black could connote to possibly a tragic death.Whereas the word "everything" could be used by the writer to signalise how there was no sense of hope in them,wherever Ben and James placed their eyes upon it was just "black". This now solidifies a more bleak and vulnerable ambience in the reader's head. For what seemed an "eternity", James finally got out from the sea witchery trickes. The writer uses onomatopoeia of "pahhhh" to describe how could have literally died as a result of lack of oxygen . The scream could have been done for a sense fo relief to be able to breath normally again but also for anger as things kept becoming worse and worse for James and Ben. The source ends on a negative note."All of [their] wordly possesions" ,"were drifiting apart". This implying how they completely lost their battle towards the sea ,as they lost all of their "wordly" objects as the sea,like a sly thief, took them away. The verb "drifting" has connotations of loss,whichc amplifies thsi bleak tone and this tragic ambience. The whole journey of James and Ben was completely ruined by the sea trickery play. In contrats, Source B beginning is also done with a rather upsetting tone,even the main character in Source B seemed to suffer against the mutuous task which this journey required.He describes that even the ship "seemed tired of the struggle",this personific