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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through South Col: 7:30 a.m., May 11, 1996 - 26,000 Feet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Krakauer believes climbing Everest is not about the adrenaline rush, but it is 'more about ___________."
(a) Enduring pain
(b) Making it
(c) Surviving
(d) Loving struggles

2. Who was supposed to have set up lines along the pathway up to the summit?
(a) Sherpas from each team
(b) Anatoli Bourkeev
(c) Hall and Fischer
(d) Mike Groom

3. What is Ang Dorje called by the other climbers in the group?
(a) Climbing monkey
(b) Sherpa master
(c) Smiling sherpa
(d) Climbing sirdar

4. Who is the retired colonel who enjoys climbing because it gives him a mission in his new civilian life?
(a) Beck Weathers
(b) John Taske
(c) Andy Harris
(d) Doug Hansen

5. Who is assisting Pittman, causing him to fall behind and not be the leader as he was meant to be?
(a) Scott Fischer
(b) Mike Groom
(c) Lopsang
(d) Rob Hall

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the quiet Australian that is the third guide in Rob Hall's group that is climbing to the summit?

2. What was the nationality of the two climbers who are thought to have reached the summit first, although they never returned to camp?

3. What causes the brain damage in the Sherpa?

4. Who insists the team should not leave the camp while Hall is still up on the mountain?

5. Where did the team wait until the lines were put into place?

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