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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XVI The Retreat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Herzog ask Ang-Tharkay at Camp V?
(a) To carry a message to Terray at Camp III.
(b) To send news to France.
(c) To take more supplies to Camp V.
(d) To summit with him and Lachenal.

2. What did Herzog ultimately decide about his fingers?
(a) That he would continue to use them until they were worn away.
(b) That he would have cut them off himself if it meant ending the pain.
(c) That it would be better to lose them than to fail to get everyone down.
(d) That he needed to get down as soon as possible to save them.

3. Which of the following did Herzog and his team get for the first time on May 23?
(a) A view of Annapurna.
(b) Supplies.
(c) News about the Tilicho Pass.
(d) Letters from home.

4. Which of the following statements best reflects Rebuffat's thoughts on May 20 in relation to pressing on?
(a) He wanted to wait to see how the weather had changed.
(b) He wanted to wait for Lachenal and Schatz.
(c) He wanted to go back.
(d) He wanted to press on.

5. How did Herzog justify the position that he had taken during the May 14 conversation?
(a) He wanted to see if anyone would disobey him.
(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 establish a consensus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Herzog confide to Terray in Camp II?

2. What did Dr. Oudot inject into Herzog and Lachenal?

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

4. What news did Schatz take with him to Camp II?

5. What news did the climbers from Dhaulagiri announce?

(see the answer key)

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