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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What equipment was Harrer missing, that he realized he should have brought?
(a) Carabiners.
(b) Heavy crampons.
(c) Ice pitons.
(d) A cold weather harness.

2. What do Rebitsch and Vörg find when they start up the mountain?
(a) A new route to the Second Ice Field.
(b) An ice-coated, slippery passage.
(c) Hinterstoisser's body.
(d) An impassable crevice.

3. Why did Giuseppe Piravano and Bruno Detassis climb partially up the northeast face?
(a) To take phorographs for a travel magazine.
(b) To keep in shape while waiting for better weather.
(c) To practice new climbing techniques.
(d) To get a better look at the North Face.

4. Why did Fraissl and Brankowski turn back?
(a) Brankowski injured himself in a fall.
(b) Both were becoming ill.
(c) Fraissl was injured by rocks.
(d) The weather was turning bad.

5. After Buhl collapsed, who took the lead of the party?
(a) Rébuffat.
(b) Sepp Maag.
(c) Jöchler.
(d) Otto Maag.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was the Eiger first climbed?

2. What obstacle befell Buhl and his group on the Spider during the 1952 climb?

3. How did newspapers react to plans to climb the North Face in 1937?

4. Why did Rebitsch and Vörg start up the northeast face of the mountain?

5. What did Fritz crave and lack, after climbing the Spider?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were the climbers forced out of Switzerland in 1937?

2. When Australian and Swiss teams both climbed the North Face at approximately the same time, how far apart did they reach the summit?

3. What knowledge did Sedlmayer and Mehringer have and lack when they attempted to climb the North Face?

4. What research did Harrer do for his book?

5. Describe the first climb up the Eiger.

6. On his ascent up the North Face, what did Harrer remember seeing while he was climbing a peak as a child?

7. After Buhl, Jöchler, the Maags, and the French traveled up the Spider, in what arrangement did they bivouac?

8. What blocked the descent from Buhl and Jöchler's bivouac spot below the Rote Fluh?

9. Why did Heckmair and Vörg turn back from their climb on July 21?

10. What metaphor did the author use to describe the societal function of mountain climbing?

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