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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Joe do to stifle the nausea caused by the pain?
2. What side of Siula Grande do Joe and Simon have the ambition to conquer?
3. On what route do two climbers witness the deaths of two other climbers?
4. When Joe and Simon move together along the ridge, how far behind Simon does Joe follow?
5. While Joe ponders the notion of being left, the rope goes slack. What does this mean?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Disaster", Joe says, 'In an instant an uncrossable gap had come between us and we were no longer a team working together.' In "The Final Choice", how has Joe's view changed?
2. What does Joe like about Simon's personality?
3. On the first practice climb to Seria Norte, Joe loses sight of base camp and immediately notices what?
4. Describe the Peruvian family that lives in the huts.
5. When beginning his climb for the summit from the bivouac site 300 feet below the summit, what pros and cons does Joe mention about climbing in the daylight?
6. At the beginning of "Disaster", what is Joe's attitude?
7. When Joe and Simon start their ascent of the first ice wall on Siula Grande, what is Joe's attitude toward what they are doing?
8. What occurs to Joe at the beginning of "On the Edge"?
9. What observation does Joe make about tents in the opening scene of the book?
10. Joe describes the beginning of their practice climb on Yantauri as 'inauspicious' (p24). Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and/or contrast Joe's use of patterns and rhythm throughout the book. Does he use them as a function of his personality, as a result of the essence of climbing, or out of necessity? Discuss the appearance of these patterns in climbing, in the rescue attempt, and in Joe's journey back to base camp.
Essay Topic 2
In the Postscript, Joe says "The scars of six operations stood out lividly on the distorted joint. At least the wounds in my mind had healed better than these." After reading the Epilogue, how do you assess Joe's "healing"? Do you agree? What do you think about Joe's decision to go back and climb mountains again? Do you think this is imprudent, or admirable?
Essay Topic 3
What influence does Richard have on the outcome of this story? Is he significant? Would the outcome have been different if Richard had not been with them?
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