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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VI Council of War and VII The Miristi Khola.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Herzog and his team find in Manangbhot?
(a) No supplies, and no news of Annapurna.
(b) Directions to Annapurna.
(c) News from France.
(d) News of the Tilicho Pass.

2. Which of the following roles did the expedition not arrange to fill with a specialist?
(a) Journalist.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Translator.
(d) Photographer.

3. Who had the final decision about which mountain to climb?
(a) The majority of the team.
(b) Schatz.
(c) Herzog.
(d) Noyelle.

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

5. What did Herzog and his team find when they reached the Pass?
(a) A col.
(b) A lake, and another pass.
(c) A serac.
(d) A crevasse field.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who served as doctor during the expedition?

3. What did Herzog and his team do during their first days in Tukucha?

4. What was the consensus of the May 14 meeting?

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

(see the answer key)

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