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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Rongbuk—In the Wake of the Cultural Revolution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For the 1975 Chinese expedition to Mount Everest, who was symbolically named the expedition leader?
(a) Mao Tse Tung.
(b) Greg Mallory.
(c) Phantog Mao.
(d) Tsao Tse Tung.

2. In the third attempt to reach Everest's summit, which two members of the British expedition were buried in an avalanche?
(a) Mallory and Morshead.
(b) Mallory and Somervell.
(c) Bruce and Morshead.
(d) Bruce and Finch.

3. In the Tibet chapter, how did Messner and Nena actually travel to their intended destination as they waited for the weather on Everest to clear?
(a) By walking.
(b) By flying.
(c) By driving.
(d) By caravan.

4. According to tests, at what altitude could climbers survive at with the use of artificial oxygen?
(a) 7,500 meters.
(b) 9,600 meters.
(c) 8,000 meters.
(d) 9,100 meters.

5. What does Potala mean?
(a) Danger ahead.
(b) Place of the gods.
(c) Safe haven.
(d) New beginnings.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years of experience did the man who led the second British expedition to Mount Everest have?

2. What does "Tashi delek" mean?

3. In 1924, which of the British climbers set a record for the highest altitude reached climbing without oxygen?

4. When the Dalai Lama fled from Tibet, where did the Dalai Lama go?

5. How many of the expedition's porters were killed in the avalanche that occurred during the third attempt to reach Everest's summit?

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