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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mind Games.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Joe compare the figures in the ice?
(a) Answers #1, #2, and #3.
(b) Paintings by Titian of grossly fat nudes.
(c) Carvings inside a Hindu Temple.
(d) A Renaissance painting in the Sistine Chapel.

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

3. Why are Simon's fingertips turning black?
(a) They are becoming frostbitten.
(b) They are bruised.
(c) They are stained from the rope.
(d) They are infected.

4. When Joe falls into the crevasse, what is the first thing he does when he realizes he is alive?
(a) He looks for his head torch.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He yells for Simon.
(d) He pulls on the rope.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Joe turn off his head torch?

2. Before recounting the Mont Blanc incident, Joe determines that Simon...

3. On what mountain range do two climbers witness the deaths of two other climbers?

4. When Joe looks at the frayed end of the cut rope, what colors are the nylon filaments?

5. When referring to their experience on the ridge, Simon tells Joe that he is...

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