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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 did Corti say happened to Günther Nothdurft and Franz Mayer as they started out to climb the North Face?
(a) They had an argument and could not get along.
(b) They lost their equipment.
(c) Mayer twisted his ankle.
(d) Mayer began to get ill.

2. How many bivouacs did Spanish climbers Albert Rabada and Ernesto Navarra make before reaching the Spider?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

3. What did Derungs and Albrecht use instead of a bivouac bag on their ascent up the North Face?
(a) An overcoat.
(b) A wool blanket.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A tablecloth.

4. What did the friend Nothdurft and Mayer visited before leaving think of Nothdurft's behavior on the mountain?
(a) Nothdurft's behavior seemed inexplicable.
(b) Nothdurft's behavior seemed only slightly out of character.
(c) Nothdurft's behavior seemed normal.
(d) Nothdurft's behavior seemed explicable, considering what Nothdurft told the friend before leaving.

5. What does Harrer suggest happened on the climb?
(a) Nothdurft's party was trapped behind Corti and Longhi.
(b) Despite appearances, Nothdurft's party was climbing along with Corti and Longhi.
(c) The parties were unaware of each other for much of the climb.
(d) Corti and Longhi were trapped beind Nothdurft's party.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far behind Radovan KuchaÅ™ and Zdeno Zibrin were the Polish team who reached the summit the same day?

2. What new technology did climbers on the ground think might be used to attempt to rescue Longhi?

3. How did Helmuth Drachsler and Walter Gstrein climb past the Spider?

4. Where did Guido Tonella interview Corti?

5. How many nights did Corti, Longhi, Nothdurft and Mayer bivouac on the North Face?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the attempt to climb the North Face by Brian Nally and Barry Brewster in 1962.

2. Why were Kurt Diemberger and Wolfgang Stephan criticized, and how does Harrer answer that criticism?

3. What were Nothdurft and Mayers' families reactions to the tragedy?

4. What happened when Derungs and Albrecht threw their extra equipment over the edge of the mountain after their last bivouac?

5. What information does Harrer offer in the later appended chapters about his treatment of Corti's story and the facts about Nothdurft's death?

6. What was the weather like during Erich Vanis, Hans Ratay, and Karl Lugmayer's first night on the mountain in 1952?

7. What made the Difficult Crack and the Hinterstoisser Traverse easier to climb for Mayr than for early climbers?

8. What happened to Erich Vanis, Hans Ratay, and Karl Lugmayer on the Ice Bulge?

9. What does Harrer say about Corti's knowledge of the North Face of the Eiger?

10. What is Harrer's opinion about Corti's story that the two other climbers went on to send back help, leaving Corti behind after he was injured?

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