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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did some team members do while Herzog explored an approach to Annapurna?
(a) Buy supplies.
(b) Look for a route up Dhaulagiri.
(c) Acclimatize.
(d) Negotiate with porters.

2. Who visited the climbers' camp?
(a) A runaway child.
(b) A general.
(c) A woman.
(d) A lama.

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

4. What were conditions like when Herzog continued up the spur on May 21?
(a) Iced like cauliflower.
(b) Iced like stone.
(c) Iced like glass.
(d) Iced like rabbit fur.

5. How did Herzog feel about his team's chances of being able to summit?
(a) Optimistic.
(b) Idealistic.
(c) Apprehensive.
(d) Pessimistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following areas served as a retreat for Herzog and his team?

2. Which of the following best describes the hidden valley?

3. Which of the following roles did the expedition not arrange to fill with a specialist?

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

5. What were Herzog, Rebuffat, Terray and Schatz looking for when they set out on May 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the time line the expedition was operating on.

2. Name the team members on Herzog's team.

3. Where did Herzog establish Camp III?

4. Describe the tests that Dr. Oudot performed on the men at the beginning of the expedition.

5. What did Herzog and his team celebrate on May 24?

6. Describe Herzog and his team's experience with acclimatization.

7. Describe Herzog's technique for running the May 14 meeting.

8. Describe the second day of the exploratory expedition up the spur.

9. What trail did Herzog establish the day after setting up Camp III?

10. Describe Herzog's ordeal traveling back to the camp at the Tilicho Pass from Manangbhot.

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