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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Further Successful Ascents.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the two climbers who arrived at the North Face early in the summer of 1936?
(a) One of them died on a climb on another mountain.
(b) The weather remained bad, and they gave up waiting.
(c) They climbed as far as the Second Ice Field and back down.
(d) They became ill and gave up the attempt.

2. In the summer of 1936, what caused Toni Kurz and his group of climbers to turn back?
(a) One climber began getting ill.
(b) One climber was injured in a fall.
(c) One climber was hit by a stone.
(d) One climber's pack was lost.

3. How many climbers were there in the first party to attempt to climb the North Face?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

4. What type of weather hit when Terray and Lachenal reached the Spider, during their climb in 1946?
(a) A windstorm.
(b) A thunderstorm.
(c) Fog.
(d) A snowstorm.

5. Which two members of the party injured their hands on the ascent?
(a) Kasparek and Harrer.
(b) Heckmair and Harrer.
(c) Kasparek and Vörg.
(d) Heckmair and Vörg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Fraissl and Brankowski turn back?

2. What year was the Eiger's North Face still climbed?

3. What day did Harrer and Kasparek begin their 1938 climb of the North Face?

4. What trapped Primas and Gollackner on the mountain?

5. How many parties left the Eiger without an attempt to climb the North Face in 1937, due to bad weather?

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