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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What threatened Herzog's fingers and toes?

2. Where did the climbers descend to after reuniting?

3. What news did Herzog receive from Sherpas?

4. Where did Herzog and Lachenal spend the night after summitting?

5. What did Herzog receive from a figure in his vision?

Short Essay Questions

1. What weather-related news did Herzog and his team learn about when they reached the base camp?

2. Describe the team's descent from the Woods of Lete.

3. What did Dr. Oudot threaten Herzog with on their descent?

4. How did Herzog change Camp IV when he reached it?

5. Describe Herzog's descent from the Woods of Lete.

6. What happened to improve the condition of the climbers whose spirits had sunk because of the altitude sickness?

7. Describe Herzog's feelings while he was descending the mountain.

8. Describe Lachenal and Herzog's arrival at Camp IV.

9. What aspect of the conditions was Herzog worried about during his descent?

10. Describe the fall that Herzog took on his descent.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the ways in which mountaineering has changed since 1950, when Herzog and his team made their ascent of Annapurna?

Essay Topic 2

Can you describe the significance of Herzog's invitation to Ang-Tharkay to summit with him and Lachenal? What different constituencies would interpret that gesture, and how would they be apt to view it?

Essay Topic 3

What were the technical developments that had made the expedition to Annapurna possible?

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