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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Herzog do to save time?
(a) Sent Sherpas to Tukucha for their gear.
(b) Divided the climbers into teams.
(c) Returned to Manangbhot for supplies.
(d) Establish Camp II.

2. Who took equipment to Camp II with the Sherpas when Herzog and his team arrived from Base Camp?
(a) Terray.
(b) Rebuffat.
(c) Schatz.
(d) Lachenal.

3. How many expeditions had tried and failed to ascend higher than 8,000 meters before Herzog's expedition?
(a) 51.
(b) 22.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

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

5. Which of the following statements best reflects Rebuffat's thoughts on May 20 in relation to pressing on?
(a) He wanted to press on.
(b) He wanted to wait for Lachenal and Schatz.
(c) He wanted to wait to see how the weather had changed.
(d) He wanted to go back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What region were the climbers thinking about climbing?

2. How did Herzog and Rebuffat set out to join their team?

3. Why did Herzog and his team celebrate with a party on May 24?

4. What did Herzog and his team meet to decide on May 14?

5. Where did Herzog and Rebuffat camp on May 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the approach to Tukucha.

2. Describe the initial discoveries made by Herzog, Terray, and Lachenal as they searched for routes to the summit of Annapurna.

3. Describe the first day of the exploratory expedition up the spur that was identified by Terray and Lachenal.

4. Describe Herzog and his team's experience with acclimatization.

5. What happened at the May 14 meeting?

6. Describe the Herzog team's first attempts to scout Annapurna.

7. What order did Herzog issue on May 23?

8. What trail did Herzog establish the day after setting up Camp III?

9. What strategy did Herzog decide to follow in climbing Annapurna?

10. Describe the tests that Dr. Oudot performed on the men at the beginning of the expedition.

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