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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1937: On the Eiger.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the climbers do that blocked their path back down?
(a) They removed pitons from the rocks as they climbed.
(b) They created a base camp that interfered with the path.
(c) They took away a rope from a traverse.
(d) They inadvertently caused a rockslide that covered a climbable path.

2. How far did the first party to attempt to climb the North Face go on their second day?
(a) 1,200 feet up and across the First Ice Field.
(b) 300 feet up and across the First Ice Field.
(c) 900 feet up and across the First Ice Field.
(d) 600 feet up and across the First Ice Field.

3. How many parties left the Eiger without an attempt to climb the North Face in 1937, due to bad weather?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

4. How did newspapers react to plans to climb the North Face in 1937?
(a) With enthusiastic sensationalism of the heroism of the climbers.
(b) With condemnation against the suicidal dangers.
(c) With indifference and certainty that attempts would fail.
(d) With both outcry against the danger and sensationalism.

5. What caused the people on the ground to lose sight of the first climbers up the North Face on their third day?
(a) A ledge of the mountain.
(b) A curve around the mountain.
(c) A cloud of mist.
(d) Heavy snowfall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rebisch and Vörg do to make a place to spend the night on the mountain?

2. Where did Toni Kurz die?

3. Where did Rebitch and Vörg reach on their second day?

4. What was Guiseppe Piravano and Bruno Detassis's ultimate goal in attempting to climb the North Face?

5. How did the mountaineer who first climbed the Eiger write his account?

(see the answer key)

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