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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. Who did Nothdurft and Mayer visit before their climb, after they left the inn?
(a) Kurt Diemberger.
(b) Wolfgang Stefan.
(c) Heinrich Harrer.
(d) Max Eiselin.

2. How many nights did Corti, Longhi, Nothdurft and Mayer bivouac on the North Face?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Seven.

3. How did Radovan KuchaÅ™ and Zdeno Zibrin climb up to the Exit Cracks?
(a) Up the Spider in avalanche conditions.
(b) Up the Spider, amidst rock and water falls.
(c) Up the rocks, bypassing the Spider.
(d) Through a traverse along the edge of the spider.

4. To what does Harrer attribute the fact that Longhi was unable to climb up the rope after he fell?
(a) It would have been impossible.
(b) His wrist was strained and swollen.
(c) He was disoriented by the fall.
(d) He didn't know the proper technique.

5. How far did Italian climber Walter Bonatti get in his solo attempt to climb the North Face in 1963?
(a) The Spider.
(b) The Second Ice Field.
(c) The First Ice Field.
(d) The Third Ice Field.

Short Answer Questions

1. What site was Alfred Hellepart lowered down to for the rescue attempt?

2. What nationality were Erich Vanis, Hans Ratay, and Karl Lugmayer?

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

4. What did Derungs and Albrecht use instead of a bivouac bag on their ascent up the North Face?

5. What did Edmund Geer and Wolfang Görter do while Derungs and Albrecht were climbing the North Face?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What contradictions are there in Corti's accounts of Nothdurft during the climb?

3. Describe Erich Friedli, Jr. and Arnold Heinen's climb in 1963.

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

5. What is Harrer's attitude toward Italians?

6. Describe the ascent of Blach and Wallenkamp up the North Face in 1952.

7. When did Mayr's climb seem to slow?

8. 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?

9. Why does Harrer call the climb by Radovan KuchaÅ™ and Zdeno Zibrin cautious?

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

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