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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chomolungma—Ascent and Descent.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much food did Messner have packed in his rucksack as he climbed to the upper base camp in the Chomolungma chapter?
(a) Enough for five days.
(b) Enough for two weeks.
(c) Enough for one week.
(d) Enough for ten days.

2. 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?
(a) Uemura.
(b) Hawley.
(c) Mallory.
(d) Harrison.

3. What did Messner estimate the nighttime temperatures on Everest were?
(a) -10 degrees Celsius.
(b) -30 degrees Celsius.
(c) -20 degrees Celsius.
(d) -40 degrees Celsius.

4. By what nickname was Tenzing Norgay known?
(a) Climbing Wonder.
(b) Mountain Man.
(c) Himalayan Tiger.
(d) Tibetan Lord.

5. After the uprising of March 1959, how many Tibetans fled to India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sikkim?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 15,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Messner say he hated like the plague?

2. In what year did the People's Republic of China invade Tibet and end the Dalai Lama's rule?

3. What was NOT one of the crops that the Tibetan economy was based on?

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

5. On what day did Messner sign the contract with the CMA for his solo ascent of Mount Everest?

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