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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. In 1924, what was the altitude reached by the British climber who set a record for the highest altitude reached climbing without oxygen?
(a) 8,621 meters.
(b) 8,572 meters.
(c) 8,738 meters.
(d) 8,126 meters.

2. When the British expedition returned to Everest in 1924, how many times were the climbers forced to abandon their higher-elevation camps and return to their base camps because of snowfall and extreme cold?
(a) Three times.
(b) Four times.
(c) Two times.
(d) One time.

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

4. In the Tibet chapter, what "sport" did Bulle once liken mountaineering to?
(a) Suffering.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Rugby.
(d) Pain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Messner and Nena left Lhasa in the Tibet chapter, where did they travel to?

2. What did the CMA want to turn the ruins of the Rongbuk Monastery into?

3. What does Bodhisattva mean?

4. What mountain's name means "Ridge above the Meadows"?

5. What was the Potala that Messner spied sitting on the Marpori in the Tibet chapter?i

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