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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XX There Are Other Annapurnas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Herzog and his men decide after attempting to climb the East Glacier of Dhaulagiri?
(a) That it was too easy.
(b) That it was a dead end.
(c) That it was too difficult.
(d) That they should not separate from the others.

2. Who stayed with Herzog on May 20?
(a) Terray.
(b) Schatz.
(c) Rebuffat.
(d) Lachenal.

3. Where did Herzog and Lachenal spend their second night after summitting?
(a) At Camp IV.
(b) In the open.
(c) In a cavern.
(d) At Camp V.

4. What was the going like from Camp IV?
(a) Steep ice and exposed rock.
(b) Bare rock.
(c) Snowfield to the summit.
(d) Ice walls and crevasse fields.

5. What did Herzog and his team do during their first days in Tukucha?
(a) Set up camp.
(b) Arrange passports.
(c) Acclimatize.
(d) Reconnoiter the mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Herzog ask Ang-Tharkay at Camp V?

2. What was the weather like when Herzog, Rebuffat, Terray and Schatz set out up the spur?

3. What did Herzog and his team find in Manangbhot?

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

5. At whose mercy did Herzog ultimately collapse?

(see the answer key)

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