Touching the Void Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

Joe Simpson (mountaineer)
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Touching the Void Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

Joe Simpson (mountaineer)
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In the Far Distance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Joe ponders the notion of being left, the rope goes slack. What does this mean?
(a) That Simon is falling.
(b) That the rope has been cut.
(c) That Simon is leaving.
(d) That Simon is descending towards Joe.

2. Joe recalls an incident with climber Ian Whittaker in which country?
(a) France.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Zaire.
(d) England.

3. What do Norma and Gloria sell to Richard and Joe?
(a) Two Donkeys.
(b) Homemade cheese.
(c) Goat's milk.
(d) Muslin bags.

4. When Joe and Simon move together along the ridge, how far behind Simon does Joe follow?
(a) Within earshot.
(b) One car-length.
(c) A full rope-length.
(d) 150 yards.

5. What is verglas?
(a) Vertical ice.
(b) A thin glaze of glass-like ice covering the rock.
(c) Vertical scree.
(d) A type of eye lens used to help climbers with vertigo.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Joe knocks down a row of large icicles, he curses the pain of a...

2. What does Simon say the mountain has taken?

3. How do Peruvian flutings contrast to European flutings?

4. What description does Joe lend to the sounds of icicles breaking away?

5. What does Joe do while he is waiting for Simon between lowerings?

(see the answer key)

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