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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII The Spur.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the author's role in the expedition?
(a) To arrange the visas.
(b) To assemble the team.
(c) To lead the club.
(d) To arrange logistics.

2. Who offered to lead Herzog and his team to the Tilicho Pass?
(a) A lama.
(b) A girl.
(c) A guide.
(d) A shepherd.

3. How did the altitude affect Herzog?
(a) He was sleepy all the time.
(b) He began to experience headaches.
(c) He was nauseous and dizzy.
(d) He was not affected.

4. What did Herzog and his team meet to decide on May 14?
(a) Which route to take.
(b) Whether to abandon the trip.
(c) How to climb Dhaulagiri.
(d) Where to get supplies.

5. How did Herzog justify the position that he had taken during the May 14 conversation?
(a) He wanted to establish a consensus.
(b) He wanted to test his climbers' loyalty.
(c) He wanted to lead the team to his decision on their own.
(d) He wanted to see if anyone would disobey him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many expeditions had tried and failed to ascend higher than 8,000 meters before Herzog's expedition?

2. Which of the following best describes the Miristi Khola?

3. What region were the climbers thinking about climbing?

4. How long was the trek into Tukucha, Nepal?

5. What did Herzog do when he returned to camp?

(see the answer key)

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