Touching the Void (Part 1)
Which of the following words means:
A low point or pass between mountains.
A. couloir
B. col
C. cornice
D. crampon
B. col
Which of the following words means:
Intense physical or mental suffering.
A. agony
B. buttress
C. crampon
D. dubious
A. agony
Which of the following words means:
A deep crack or fissure in a glacier or ice field.
A. hemorrhage
B. fluting
C. scree
D. crevasse
D. crevasse
Which of the following words means:
the intention or desire to do evil.
A. taciturn
B. mourn
C. hearse
D. malice
D. malice
Which of the following words means:
a person who is kept in a prison.
A. Adam
B. jury
C. prosecutor
D. inmate
E. ingenuousness
D. inmate
The word 'spindrift' means:
A. Loose stones or rocky debris on a slope.
B. Fine particles of snow blown off a surface by the wind.
C. A temporary relief or escape from danger or hardship.
D. Exhausted or extremely tired.
B. Fine particles of snow blown off a surface by the wind.
The word 'foreshadowing' means:
A. Hesitating or doubting; not to be relied upon.
B. A literary device in which an author hints at future events or outcomes in a story, creating suspense or anticipation for the reader.
C. Refers to the use of descriptive language that appeals to the senses, creating vivid mental pictures or sensory experiences for the reader.
D. Descending a vertical surface using a rope.
B. A literary device in which an author hints at future events or outcomes in a story, creating suspense or anticipation for the reader.
The word 'piton' means:
A. Dangerously unstable or insecure.
B. A metal spike driven into a crack or seam of rock for support during climbing.
C. A mechanical device used by climbers to control the tension on a climbing rope.
D. A temporary shelter or campsite, often improvised in mountainous terrain.
B. A metal spike driven into a crack or seam of rock for support during climbing.
The word 'mortuary' means:
A. innocence or simplicity of heart; naivety.
B. a group of people who have been chosen to listen to all the facts in a trial in a law court and to decide if a person is guilty or not guilty, or if a claim has been proved.
C. a place where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation; a morgue.
D. C. a place where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation; a morgue.
C. a place where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation; a morgue.
The word 'taciturn' means:
A. trying to make a fault or offense to appear less serious or more forgivable.
B. reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
C. the deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another; murder.
D. having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned.
B. reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
Choose the most appropriate words below to fill in the blank.
"They descended into the ____, surrounded by darkness and uncertainty."
A. abseil
B. oedema
C. void
D. serac
C. void
Choose the most appropriate words below to fill in the blank.
"They struggled to find ______ on the icy slope, their crampons slipping against the hard surface."
A. purchase
B. couloir
C. moraine
D. spindrift
A. purchase
Choose the most appropriate words below to fill in the blank.
"Simpson's leg injury caused severe ________, weakening him further as they struggled to climb down."
A. cornice
B. oedema
C. hemorrhage
D. imagery
C. hemorrhage
Choose the most appropriate words below to fill in the blank.
"Despite the ______ circumstances, the judge decided to impose a harsh penalty on the defendant."
A. implacable
B. indifferent
C. extenuating
D. hearse
C. extenuating
Choose the most appropriate words below to fill in the blank.
"Meursault's _________ is evident in his honest and unfiltered responses to questions during his trial, reflecting his inability to conform to societal norms."
A. ingenuousness
B. stream of consciousness
C. indifference
D. mourning
A. ingenuousness
Explain the word 'belay device'.
Standard answer:
A mechanical device used by climbers to control the tension on a climbing rope.
Explain the word 'buttress'.
Standard answer:
A projecting support of stone or brick built against a wall.
Explain the word 'moral dilemma'.
Standard answer:
A situation in which a person is faced with conflicting moral principles or choices, each of which has potential consequences for themselves or others.
Explain the word 'existentialism'.
Standard answer:
a philosophical theory that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of free will.
Explain the phrase 'stream of consciousness'.
Standard answer:
a style of writing that attempts to capture the flow of thoughts and feelings running through a character's mind as they are thinking it.
Make more than one sentence with the following word:
'reprieve'
n. A temporary relief or escape from danger or hardship.
Make more than one sentence with the following word:
'abseil'
v.Descending a vertical surface using a rope.
n.Descending a vertical surface using a rope.
Make more than one sentence with the following word:
'dubious'
adj. Hesitating or doubting; not to be relied upon.
Make more than one sentence with the following phrase:
'unreliable narrator'
n.an untrustworthy storyteller, most often used in narratives with a first-person point of view.
Make more than one sentence with the following phrase:
'detached dialogue'
n.conversation or exchange between characters in a literary work where the tone or emotional involvement of the participants is distant, unemotional, or lacking in personal engagement.