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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What dangers did Herzog and his team encounter during their ascent?
(a) Extreme cold conditions.
(b) Mutiny.
(c) Avalanches.
(d) Lack of supplies.

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

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

4. What was the author's role in the expedition?
(a) To arrange logistics.
(b) To lead the club.
(c) To assemble the team.
(d) To arrange the visas.

5. What did the visitor tell the climbers?
(a) That they would lose one of their team members.
(b) That Annapurna was close by.
(c) That it was not propitious to climb Dhaulagiri.
(d) That they would be renowned for their efforts.

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

7. Which of the following was Herzog determined not to do as he left Base Camp for Camp I?
(a) Die on the mountain.
(b) Allow the survival of individuals to inhibit the team's progress.
(c) Leave any men on the mountain.
(d) Return without having summitted.

8. What news did the climbers from Dhaulagiri announce?
(a) That there was a wide river to cross.
(b) That they had found a way.
(c) That there was an impassable crevasse field.
(d) That one of the members had nearly frozen.

9. How long was the trek into Tukucha, Nepal?
(a) Four days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) One day.

10. How did Herzog respond to the May 14 consensus?
(a) He argued against returning home.
(b) He defended the decision to abandon Dhaulagiri.
(c) He defended the idea of climbing Dhaulagiri.
(d) He argued against continued exploration.

11. Which of the following was to take place in early June?
(a) Winter.
(b) A simoom.
(c) The Santa Ana winds.
(d) A monsoon.

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

13. 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.

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

15. What was the basis for Dawatondu's complaint when he and Herzog arrived at Camp III?
(a) Lack of food.
(b) Lack of pay.
(c) Extremely cold temperature.
(d) Abdominal pains.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following approaches to Annapurna did Herzog explore himself?

2. What did Herzog do to save time?

3. Where did Herzog blaze a trail from Camp III?

4. What did Herzog ask Lachenal and Terray to do?

5. How were the team members selected?

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