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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The First Attempt on the North Face and The Tragedy of Toni Kurz.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many climbers were in the first ascent to the top of the North Face?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

2. When was the first attempt to climb the North Face?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1925.

3. Where did Allmen call to Toni Kurz and his party from?
(a) A tent across an ice field.
(b) A window to the railroad.
(c) A hut on the mountain.
(d) An opposite ridge.

4. Why does Harrer write about the North Face of the Eiger?
(a) It is the only climbable face.
(b) It is the hardest to climb.
(c) It was the first side climbed.
(d) It is the side that he chose to climb.

5. What did the first description of the North Face from above say about it?
(a) That climbing it would be a challenge soon overcome.
(b) That it was beautiful and impossible to climb.
(c) That climbing it would be a challenge for future decades.
(d) That it would be an easy climb.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story the author tells at the beginning of the book, how does the climber criticize Harrer's idea to write about the Eiger?

2. What did Toni Kurz's party say to Allmen when he called to them?

3. How does Harrer view change and the Eiger mountain?

4. What qualities does Harrer say are necessary to climb the White Spider?

5. What did Von Allmen make, as he waited for Toni Kurz and his group of climbers?

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