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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mount Everest—Fairytale and Reality.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many prefectures is Tibet divided into?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

2. How many illegal attempts to climb Mount Everest solo were undertaken between 1921 and 1949?
(a) Six.
(b) Seven.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

3. In what year did Norton climb as far as the Great Couloir?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1926.

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

5. Who owned the hotel in Syangpoche that the climbing team stayed in after leaving the Sherpa hut in the beginning of the book?
(a) The Nepalese.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The Swiss.
(d) The Japanese.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what altitude did the hotel in Syangpoche that the climbing team was headed to after leaving the Sherpa hut in the beginning of the book lie?

2. In the third attempt to reach Everest's summit, which two members of the British expedition were buried in an avalanche?

3. According to what Messner learned from his journalist friend in the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, who received permission for a solo assent of Everest during the winter of 1980-81?

4. How many British attempts to ascend Mount Everest were undertaken between 1921 and 1949?

5. How high did the second British expedition reach before being forced to descend the mountain because of a growing storm?

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