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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 21-33, Mount Everest—Fairytale and Reality.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the climbing team woke up in the Sherpa hut at the beginning of Messner's book, how long did they have to reach Syangpoche?
(a) Two hours.
(b) Four hours.
(c) Three hours.
(d) One hour.

2. When the climbing team woke up in the Sherpa hut at the beginning of Messner's book, what season was it?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Autumn.

3. What was the nickname of Oswald Oelz?
(a) Butte.
(b) Magic.
(c) Bulle.
(d) Major.

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

5. According to Messner, what was the single most important source of foreign currency to Nepal?
(a) Climbing fees.
(b) Mountaineering expeditions.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Tourism.

Short Answer Questions

1. After giving up on their original mission in Syangpoche in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, how far of a walk did the climbing team undertake to reach their new destination?

2. After the uprising of March 1959, how many Tibetans fled to India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sikkim?

3. In the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, Messner needed to leave Nepal because he had a lecture tour beginning. Where did Messner's European lecture tour start?

4. At the time Messner was writing the book, how long had it been since Nepal was forbidden to foreigners?

5. According to the book's opening quote, who could not allow Mount Everest to remain untouched?

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