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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Herzog feel about Lachenal and Rebuffat's plan?
(a) He was depressed about the last option.
(b) He was optimistic.
(c) He was waiting to hear from them before drawing any conclusion.
(d) He was apprehensive.

2. How far away from camp did Herzog collapse?
(a) Two miles.
(b) Four miles.
(c) 20 yards.
(d) 200 yards.

3. How did the Sherpas feel about following the route that Herzog had blazed?
(a) Insulted.
(b) Reluctant.
(c) Offended.
(d) Relieved.

4. What did Herzog do when he returned to camp?
(a) Talked with the other climbers.
(b) Explored the route to Annapurna.
(c) Ate and slept.
(d) Returned to Manangbhot.

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

6. Whom did Herzog send to look for the Tilicho Pass?
(a) Couzy and Schatz.
(b) Lachenal and Rebuffat.
(c) Schatz and the Nepalese guide.
(d) Couzy and Terray.

7. What type of work did people in Tukucha primarily do?
(a) Spin and weave goat hair.
(b) Herd cattle.
(c) Guide mountain climbers.
(d) Smuggle opium.

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

9. Where were all the supplies when Herzog and his team set up camp within view of Annapurna?
(a) In Tilicho.
(b) In Manangbhot.
(c) In Tinigaon.
(d) In Tukucha.

10. What did Terray and Lachenal tell Herzog?
(a) That they had encountered several dead ends.
(b) That they needed supplies before continuing.
(c) That they could not find a way to get across a river.
(d) That they had found a possible route to Annapurna.

11. Which of the following did Lachenal and Rebuffat look for after Herzog returned from the spur?
(a) A route to a plateau.
(b) A route through the Great Barrier.
(c) An escape route.
(d) A route around the spur.

12. Which of the following passes afforded Herzog and his team access to Annapurna?
(a) The Annapurna Pass.
(b) The Tilicho Pass.
(c) The Tukucha Pass.
(d) The Angawa Pass.

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

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

15. How high was Camp IV?
(a) 23,500 feet.
(b) 22,000 feet.
(c) 27,000 feet.
(d) 25,000 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the basis for Dawatondu's complaint when he and Herzog arrived at Camp III?

2. Who had the final decision about which mountain to climb?

3. Whom do Herzog and his team find at the end of their retreat?

4. What did some team members do while Herzog explored an approach to Annapurna?

5. Who stayed with Herzog on May 20?

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