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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. While abseiling deeper into the crevasse, Joe is certain of two things. What are they?
2. What does Joe shout at the lake?
3. The morning after Simon cut the rope, he descends down the mountain. What does Simon believe to be Joe's fate?
4. What does Joe not want to lose sight of on the glacier?
5. While crawling through the crevasse section of the glacier, what does Joe hear in his head in addition to the voice?
Short Essay Questions
1. While crawling away during his escape from the crevasse, what is Joe's most common excuse for stopping, and what persuades him to continue?
2. How does Joe describe his night in the moraines under the stars?
3. Through the moraines, Joe's watch is a strong preoccupation. Besides pain, what is his obsession?
4. As Simon descends Siula Grande at the beginning of "Silent Witness", how does he feel about the mountain?
5. What logic does Joe use to assume that Simon believes he is dead?
6. After discovering that Simon had cut the rope, Joe turns off his head torch and cries himself to sleep. When he awakens, what are his immediate thoughts?
7. While abseiling to the right of the wall over which Joe had tumbled, why does Simon suddenly stop his descent?
8. After he sees the frayed ends of the cut rope, what goes through Joe's mind?
9. Why does Joe decide to descend deeper into the crevasse?
10. Before setting out across the moraines, what does Joe do with his Karrimat?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Revisit the Shakespeare soliloquy that Joe hears in his head and eventually recites. Why does this verse come to mind, and why is he familiar with it? Why is it significant that a soliloquy surfaces in his mind, and not another type of speech or writing? What inherent characteristics of a soliloquy make it appropriate to Joe's current circumstances? Does the content of the Shakespeare piece have any significance to Joe's situation? How do you interpret the soliloquy?
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the second half of the book, Joe continually refers to two minds. In the chapter, 'Mind Games', Joe says he is 'split in two' (p145). He labels one of these minds 'the voice'. What does Joe hear from his bifurcated inner self, and how does he react to each 'half'?
Essay Topic 3
In the last few discourses of "the voice", how do the tone and content of its messages change? Can you draw an analogy between this and Joe's condition? How does Joe's outlook or state of affairs improve (or worsen) when "the voice" finally leaves him?
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