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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter X The Sickle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following best describes the state that Couzy, Lachenal, Rebuffat and the others were in when Herzog found them at Camp III after having established Camp IV?
(a) Contentious.
(b) Rebellious.
(c) Dispirited.
(d) Mutinous.

2. Where did Herzog blaze a trail from Camp III?
(a) Up the Great Barrier.
(b) Through a crevasse field.
(c) Up 'the Sickle'.
(d) Around the plateau.

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

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

5. What news did the Sherpa relay toHerzog as he was climbing along the Great Barrier?
(a) That Lachenal and Rebuffat had retreated.
(b) That Lachenal had hurt himself.
(c) That Lachenal and Rebuffat had camped.
(d) That a snowstorm had stopped Lachenal and Rebuffat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Herzog respond to the May 14 consensus?

3. What prospect did Herzog explore when he broke the men into exploring teams?

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

5. What were conditions like when Herzog continued up the spur on May 21?

(see the answer key)

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