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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Land Without Pity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the narrator when italic print is used in the book?
(a) Simon.
(b) The editor.
(c) Richard.
(d) Joe.

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

3. What is a bergschrund?
(a) A natural amphitheatre.
(b) A burgundy-colored, crunchy type of scree.
(c) A crevasse at the head of a mountain glacier.
(d) The hop of an injured climber.

4. When sorting through Joe's possessions, what does Simon salvage?
(a) A bag from Chamonix.
(b) Joe's hat from Czechoslovakia.
(c) Joe's clothes.
(d) Miri Smidt's diary.

5. What does Simon believe causes the loss of Joe?
(a) The weather.
(b) His stupidity.
(c) The fact that they were on the wrong side of the mountain.
(d) The very means by which they tried to rescue themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the rock that Joe and Ian climb?

2. When Simon reaches base camp, what is the first thing he says to Richard?

3. What is the first thing Richard gives to Simon?

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

5. At the beginning of the chapter "On the Edge", on which side of Siula Grande are Joe and Simon descending?

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