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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. How does Joe try to gauge their height on the mountain?
2. How does Joe describe the look in Simon's eyes when he tells Simon that he has broken his leg?
3. When Joe first looks at his knee after his fall, how does he describe it?
4. What do the climbers use to help them see at night?
5. When Joe and Simon move together, Joe moves only when...
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the first bivouac site on Siula Grande.
2. While trying to find the North Ridge again after leaving the summit, what happens to Simon?
3. Why is Joe nervous about the first bivouac site?
4. Why does Joe consider standing on the summit an unsettling anticlimax?
5. After Joe tells Simon that he has broken his leg, he describes the pitiful look that Simon gives him as, 'a distance given to a wounded animal which could not be helped' (p74). From Simon's point of view, why does he give him this look?
6. At the beginning of "Tempting Fate", what does Joe say about his fingers, and how does he deal with them?
7. Why does Simon cut the rope?
8. Compare or contrast the influence of the incident on The Bonatti Pillar on the climbing careers of Joe Simpson and Ian Whittaker.
9. On the first practice climb to Seria Norte, Joe loses sight of base camp and immediately notices what?
10. What occurs to Joe at the beginning of "On the Edge"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do Joe and Simon work so well together? What qualities does Simon possess that are attractive to Joe? Would things have turned out differently (either better or worse) if Joe would have had a different partner?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Simon's inner conflict regarding telling the truth about what happened. How does he justify the fabrication of a lie or the editing of the complete truth? How does he justify complete honesty? Does he believe he will be criticized? If so, why, and by whom? Does he believe he will receive support? If so, why, and by whom?
Essay Topic 3
The Prologue of the book is the quote by T.E. Lawrence, preceding the first chapter. Why do you think the author chose this excerpt? What do you think it means? How is it significant? What does it have to do with the story?
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