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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter V Looking for Annapurna.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many expeditions had tried and failed to ascend higher than 8,000 meters before Herzog's expedition?
(a) 22.
(b) 12.
(c) 51.
(d) 4.

2. Which of the following best describes the hidden valley?
(a) A dangerous area that the team had to cross.
(b) A valley left off the map.
(c) A valley that had looked like a lake on the maps.
(d) A valley inhabited by stone-age people.

3. Where and when does 'Annapurna' begin?
(a) Paris, 1950.
(b) Katmandu, 1952.
(c) Annapurna, 1951.
(d) Chamonix, 1950.

4. When did Herzog decide on Annapurna instead of Dhaulagiri?
(a) When his visitor told him that Dhaulagiri was extremely dangerous.
(b) When the reconnaissance team told him about the difficulties at Dhaulagiri.
(c) When climbers descending from Dhaulagiri told him how dangerous it was.
(d) When he found the Tilicho Pass.

5. What did Herzog pack for sustenance on his way back to the camp at Tilicho Pass?
(a) Bread.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Milk.
(d) Rice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following did Herzog have to cross in order to get supplies at Manangbhot?

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

3. What did the visitor tell the climbers?

4. What did Herzog and his team find when they reached the Pass?

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

(see the answer key)

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