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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Rongbuk—In the Wake of the Cultural Revolution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bodhisattva mean?
(a) Enlightened one.
(b) Soul searcher.
(c) Chosen one.
(d) God of Compassion.

2. For the 1975 Chinese expedition to Mount Everest, who was symbolically named the expedition leader?
(a) Mao Tse Tung.
(b) Tsao Tse Tung.
(c) Greg Mallory.
(d) Phantog Mao.

3. When the jeep finally arrived, where did the team travel to first in the Rongbuk chapter?
(a) Fata Morgana.
(b) Tingri.
(c) Rimpoche.
(d) Nanga Parbat.

4. How many women who were part of the 1975 Chinese expedition were able to reach heights of more than 8000 meters?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 40.
(d) 30.

5. In 1924, what was the altitude reached by the British climber who set a record for the highest altitude reached climbing without oxygen?
(a) 8,621 meters.
(b) 8,738 meters.
(c) 8,126 meters.
(d) 8,572 meters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Potala mean?

2. What was the Potala that Messner spied sitting on the Marpori in the Tibet chapter?i

3. According to Messner in the Tibet chapter, how long after landing in the Tsangpo valley did he expect it would take to reach Lhasa by jeep?

4. On the way back to the base camp in the Rongbuk chapter, where did the team stop to refill their supplies?

5. After sharing barley beer with a family in the Four Dragon Village in the Rongbuk chapter, what did Messner leave with the family as a guest gift?

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