Student Name: *Student ID: *1.The inclusion of the fiancée’s conversation serves primarily tojustify Kurtz’s actions by recalling his noble motiveshumanize Kurtz by showing how much he was lovedhighlight the pervasive indifference to others’ sufferingshame the narrator for harshly judging Kurtzdemonstrate the redemptive power of forgiveness2.In line 4, “all the other sounds” refers tothe narrator’s recollections of Africathe noises of civilized societythe soothing effect of naturethe narrator’s internal conflictsthe memory of Kurtz’s last words3.The narrator’s “bowing his head” (lines 10-11) shows hisregret for his part in Kurtz’s actionsdifficulty in continuing the deceptionhumility in the presence of a noblewomanembarrassment at his obvious misjudgmentreverence for the woman’s unwavering loyalty4.In lines 30-31, what do the fiancée’s words reveal about her?She is trying to convince herself of Kurtz’s innocence.She has become delusional in her grief over Kurtz’s deathShe believes the narrator does not share her view of KurtzShe is bitterly ironic in her assessment of Kurtz.She is unaware of the atrocities Kurtz committed.5.The anger the narrator feels is most likely a result ofjealousy that Kurtz should have such undying lovelack of sympathy for the fiancée’s losshis being forced to remember a person he prefers to forgethis awareness of the irony of his own wordsthe fiancée’s total assurance of Kurtz’s goodness6.When pressed about Kurtz’s last words, the narrator tells the fiancéethe truth as he knows itwhat he knows had been in Kurtz’s heartwhat he knows she wants to heara lie to preserve Kurtz’s good namewhat Kurtz had written but never said to him7.The reader can infer from lines 70-73 that “that justice which was he was due” wasthe portion of the truth that would preserve his honorthe absolute truth, which Kurtz had given his life to findthe bare horror of truth because Kurtz deserved no justicejudgment only in heaven, not by an action of the narratorthe final judgment by his beloved rather than by a stranger
