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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IX Annapurna.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Terray and Schatz camp on May 19?
(a) In the snow.
(b) At the campsite.
(c) In an advance camp that they had set up.
(d) On a ledge that they had made.

2. Who served as doctor during the expedition?
(a) Jean Couzy.
(b) Jacques Oudot.
(c) Marcel Schatz.
(d) Louis Lachenal.

3. What did Terray and Lachenal tell Herzog?
(a) That they could not find a way to get across a river.
(b) That they had found a possible route to Annapurna.
(c) That they needed supplies before continuing.
(d) That they had encountered several dead ends.

4. How did Herzog and Rebuffat set out to join their team?
(a) On skis.
(b) On foot.
(c) By horse.
(d) By dog sled.

5. Whom do Herzog and his team find at the end of their retreat?
(a) Schatz.
(b) Lachenal.
(c) Terray.
(d) Ouray.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many expeditions had tried and failed to ascend higher than 8,000 meters before Herzog's expedition?

2. Who visited the climbers' camp?

3. What did Herzog do when he returned to camp?

4. What were Herzog, Rebuffat, Terray and Schatz looking for when they set out on May 19?

5. What were conditions like when Herzog continued up the spur on May 21?

(see the answer key)

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