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

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

3. What was NOT one of the crops that the Tibetan economy was based on?
(a) Barley.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Corn.
(d) Peas.

4. How many people were involved with the first group of foreign mountaineers to undertake an expedition in Tibet after the creation of the People's Republic?
(a) 30 men.
(b) 10 men.
(c) 100 men.
(d) 50 men.

5. How many British attempts to ascend Mount Everest were undertaken between 1921 and 1949?
(a) Seven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the second solo attempt on Everest undertaken?

2. How many porters lost their lives when the climbers forced to abandon their higher-elevation camps and return to their base camps because of snowfall and extreme cold in 1924?

3. When the Dalai Lama fled from Tibet, where did the Dalai Lama go?

4. How many people were in the second expedition to Mount Everest in 1922?

5. As Messner returned to Europe to begin his lecture tour in the Kanchung chapter, how many weeks had he just spent in Nepal?

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