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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XII The Assault and XIII The Third of June.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How high had Herzog ascended when he cached equipment?
(a) 20,000 feet.
(b) 24,000 feet.
(c) 27,000 feet.
(d) 22,000 feet.

2. What was the going like from Camp IV?
(a) Ice walls and crevasse fields.
(b) Steep ice and exposed rock.
(c) Snowfield to the summit.
(d) Bare rock.

3. What did Herzog decide based on the information that Lachenal and Terray provided?
(a) To keep exploring.
(b) To launch a summit bid.
(c) To climb up the spur and make camp.
(d) To return for supplies.

4. What state was Camp IV in when Rebuffat and Terray reached it?
(a) Very good condition.
(b) Covered in ice.
(c) Buried under avalanche snow.
(d) Swept away by an avalanche.

5. What was the consensus of the May 14 meeting?
(a) To abandon Dhaulagiri.
(b) To keep exploring.
(c) To return home.
(d) To climb Dhaulagiri.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Sherpas stay when Lachenal and Herzog stayed at Camp IV?

2. Where did Herzog make the new Camp IV?

3. What did Terray and Lachenal tell Herzog?

4. What news did the Sherpa relay toHerzog as he was climbing along the Great Barrier?

5. Which of the following blocked the ridge to the peak of Dhaulagiri?

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