The Crystal Horizon Everest-the First Solo Ascent Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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The Crystal Horizon Everest-the First Solo Ascent Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tibet—The Yak Nomads.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Messner and Oelz successfully scale Mount Everest?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1977.

2. What does dzong mean in Tibetan?
(a) Fort.
(b) Monsoon.
(c) Cave.
(d) Avalanche.

3. When Nena and Messner built their main camp after leaving the Rongbuk monastery in the Tibet chapter, at what altitude were they?
(a) 6,100 meters.
(b) 3,500 meters.
(c) 4,700 meters.
(d) 5,100 meters.

4. When the British expedition returned to Everest in 1924, how many times were the climbers forced to abandon their higher-elevation camps and return to their base camps because of snowfall and extreme cold?
(a) Two times.
(b) Four times.
(c) Three times.
(d) One time.

5. How high was the assault camp established by the 1924 British expedition?
(a) 8,000 meters.
(b) 8,325 meters.
(c) 8,145 meters.
(d) 8,270 meters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the Tibetan who helped the first person who wanted to scale Everest alone enter Tibet illegally?

2. When the CMA granted Messner a permit in the Kanchung chapter, which mountain did the permit apply to?

3. What does Bodhisattva mean?

4. What does Potala mean?

5. Where did Nena and Messner build their main camp after choosing to leave the Rongbuk monastery in the Tibet chapter?

(see the answer key)

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