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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tibet—The Yak Nomads.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Messner liken the city of Peking to in the Kanchung chapter?
(a) A mall.
(b) A warehouse.
(c) A laboratory.
(d) A field.

2. In what year did the proclamation of the "Autonomous Region of Tibet" occur?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1967.

3. At the time Messner was writing the book, how long had it been since Nepal was forbidden to foreigners?
(a) Only 20 years.
(b) Only 10 years.
(c) Only 40 years.
(d) Only 30 years.

4. How many of the expedition's porters were killed in the avalanche that occurred during the third attempt to reach Everest's summit?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

5. According to what Messner learned from his journalist friend in the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, who received permission for a solo assent of Everest during the winter of 1980-81?
(a) Mallory.
(b) Hawley.
(c) Harrison.
(d) Uemura.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the primary occupation of Oswald Oelz?

2. How many people were involved with the first group of foreign mountaineers to undertake an expedition in Tibet after the creation of the People's Republic?

3. As Messner and Nena gathered provisions in Peking in the Tibet chapter, they had an interpreter with them. What was the interpreter's name?

4. Who was one of the first people that Messner told about his newly acquired permit from the CMA in the Kanchung chapter?

5. In the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, Messner needed to leave Nepal because he had a lecture tour beginning. Where did Messner's European lecture tour start?

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