Heart of Darkness Part 3 Quiz (Part Three)
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad · 5 multiple-choice questions with answers · about 4 min
A free Heart of Darkness Part 3 quiz with answers and explanations. Use it as a reading check after Part Three, a homework quiz or quick revision — it covers Part Three only, so there are no spoilers for later parts.
Spoiler-safe: covers Part Three only.
Skills tested: Recall, Character, Inference, Theme · Difficulty: Easy, Standard, Challenge
Heart of Darkness Part 3 questions
The answers and an explanation for each question appear as you play, and on the answer-key page of the printout.
- What does Marlow see on the posts around Kurtz's house?
Ivory tusks set out to dry · Human heads on stakes · Flags of the Company · Carved masks of local gods
- How does the young Russian speak of Kurtz?
With devoted admiration, as a great mind · With fear and open hatred · As a madman who must be shot · As a fool cheated by the manager
- What are Kurtz's last words?
'Tell my Intended I loved her.' · 'Exterminate all the brutes!' · 'Take me home to Europe.' · 'The horror! The horror!'
- Why does Marlow lie to Kurtz's Intended about his final words?
The manager ordered him to keep silent · He did not hear Kurtz's last words · The truth would be too dark for her to bear · He wants to marry the Intended himself
- How is Brussels described when Marlow returns?
As a place of comfort and healing · As a 'sepulchral city' of hypocrisy · As the centre of real civilisation · As exactly as he had left it
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Content note: the novella depicts colonial brutality and uses the racist language of its period; Chinua Achebe's 1975 critique is widely taught alongside it.
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Is this Heart of Darkness Part 3 quiz free?
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What does the Heart of Darkness Part 3 quiz cover?
Only Part Three of Heart of Darkness: what happens, why characters act as they do, and what it shows about the novella's big ideas. It tests recall, character, inference, theme at easy, standard, challenge level.
Does it contain spoilers?
No. It only covers Part Three, so it is safe to take as soon as you finish that part.
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