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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. Who witnesses two climbers in Europe fall to their deaths the year before?
2. When Joe follows Simon, he is careful to do what?
3. What is blue ice?
4. While Simon is lowering Joe, Joe swears a lot, mostly at...
5. What are Joe Simpson and Ian Whittaker doing when the ground breaks out from underneath them?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Joe like about Simon's personality?
2. Why do Simon and Joe avoid the issue of discussing their game plan after Joe's injury?
3. At the beginning of "Disaster", what is Joe's attitude?
4. On the eve of the summit conquest, what does Simon do that leaves Joe in disbelief?
5. Explain how Joe feels for the two days immediately prior to setting out for Siula Grande.
6. On page 65 in "On the Edge", Joe says, 'Funny how my anxiety [about Simon's frostbitten fingers] seemed to have more to do with whether he would be able to carry on climbing after we got down rather than concern for his injuries'. Why is this statement significant?
7. Why does Joe consider standing on the summit an unsettling anticlimax?
8. In "Storm at the Summit", how does Joe get a bloody lip and a cracked tooth?
9. On page 65, Joe says, 'I knew it would be a good day.' By the end of the day, how and why does his view of the day change?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Joe experiences voices, music in his head, hallucinations, delusions, and blackouts. Research the effects of pain, starvation, and dehydration on the brain and relate them to Joe's ordeal and what he experiences. Are his symptoms surprising? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Did Simon do the right thing by cutting the rope? Joe staunchly defends him. Discuss the moral and ethical issues at hand.
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