Question 3 of 5 Which of the following quotes from Heart of Darkness contains sarcasm? • A. Marlow calls an African soldier who works for the colonialists "one of the reclaimed." • B. Marlow says that an uncivilized place "has a fascination ... of the abomination." • C. Marlow calls colonialism "a flabby, pretending, weak-eyed devil of rapacious and pitiless folly." • D. Marlow says, "There was a touch of insanity" in the sight of a warship firing at a continent. SABMIT

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Question 3 of 5
Which of the following quotes from Heart of Darkness contains sarcasm?
• A. Marlow calls an African soldier who works for the colonialists
"one of the reclaimed."
• B. Marlow says that an uncivilized place "has a fascination ... of the
abomination."
• C. Marlow calls colonialism "a flabby, pretending, weak-eyed devil of
rapacious and pitiless folly."
• D. Marlow says, "There was a touch of insanity" in the sight of a
warship firing at a continent.
SABMIT
Answer

C. Marlow calls colonialism "a flabby, pretending, weak-eyed devil of rapacious and pitiless folly."

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