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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter V Looking for Annapurna.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following roles did the expedition not arrange to fill with a specialist?
(a) Journalist.
(b) Photographer.
(c) Translator.
(d) Doctor.

2. Whom did Herzog send to look for the Tilicho Pass?
(a) Couzy and Schatz.
(b) Lachenal and Rebuffat.
(c) Schatz and the Nepalese guide.
(d) Couzy and Terray.

3. Which of the following best describes the hidden valley?
(a) A valley that had looked like a lake on the maps.
(b) A valley left off the map.
(c) A dangerous area that the team had to cross.
(d) A valley inhabited by stone-age people.

4. What prospect did Herzog explore when he broke the men into exploring teams?
(a) The east ridge of Dhaulagiri.
(b) The Dhaulagiri Glacier.
(c) The north face of Annapurna.
(d) The north ridge of Dhaulagiri.

5. What news did the climbers from Dhaulagiri announce?
(a) That there was an impassable crevasse field.
(b) That they had found a way.
(c) That one of the members had nearly frozen.
(d) That there was a wide river to cross.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following blocked the ridge to the peak of Dhaulagiri?

2. Which of the following actions did the climbers commit themselves to do via oath?

3. How far away from camp did Herzog collapse?

4. Which of the following passes afforded Herzog and his team access to Annapurna?

5. What region were the climbers thinking about climbing?

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