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Homework help please:
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Answer 1

Questions 1-5 are based on the following passage from "Heart of Darkness":

"The yarns of a seamen have a direct simplicity, the meaning of which lies within the shell of a cracked nut. But Marlow was not typical (if his propensity to spin yarns be excepted), and to him the meaning of an episode was not inside like a kernel but outside, enveloping the tale which brought it out only as a glow brings out a haze, in the likeness of one of these misty halos that sometimes are made visible by the special illumination of moonshine."

1. How is Marlow like the other seamen?

A. He tells complicated tales.
B. He tells simple tales.
C. He tells tales.
D. He feels at home in the moonshine.
E. He only tells stories at night.


2. The point of the metaphor of the "cracked nut" is to emphasize:

A. Marlow's intelligence.
B. the indirect quality in seamen's stories.
C. the simplicity of Marlow's stories.
D. the simplicity of the seamen's stories.
E. the sea itself.


3. This passage occurs:

A. at the beginning of the story.
B. at the end of the story.
C. in the middle of the story.
D. right before Marlow describes Africa.
E. right after Marlow describes Kurtz.



4. In the phrase, "brought it out only as a glow brings out a haze," "it" refers to:

A. Marlow.
B. the tale.
C. the meaning of a tale.
D. a kernel.
E. a misty halo.


5. Which type of figurative language is used in this passage?

A. Personification
B. Irony
C. Simile
D. Apostrophe
E. Allusion


6. Colonies of settlement refer to:

A. colonies that did not attract large numbers of European settlers.
B. colonies that did attract large numbers of European settlers.
C. colonies such as the one depicted in "Heart of Darkness."
D. colonies such as those in India.
E. colonies where Europeans were primarily military officers or plantation owners.


7. In "Heart of Darkness," Conrad uses all of the following stylistic devices, except:

A. frame narration.
B. impressionistic writing.
C. complicated syntax.
D. detailed physical descriptions.
E. objective narration.


8. At the end of "Heart of Darkness," Marlow tells Kurtz's fiancée that Kurtz's final words were:

A. her name.
B. "A voice! A voice!"
C. "Exterminate the brutes."
D. "The horror! The horror!"
E. "Do I not?"

Answer 2

My answers:
1. A or D
2. B
3. A or C
4. C
5. A.
6. C.
7. C or D.
8. D

Answer 3

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Answer 4

is this from a bookor something

Answer 5

Story Heart of Darkness.
THe questions is reading comprehension homework. I did them , but need someone to heck my answers. I have a problem with reading comprehension

Answer 6

same. umm i wouldnt know im sorry ill tag people
@Angelina4182 @prittygirl799 @dhs2014

Answer 7

okay :)

Answer 8

hello