1. How did Messner feel when he and Nena were in the ruins of the Rongbuk monastery in the Tibet chapter?
(a) Alive.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Excited.
(d) Sad.

2. How large is Tibet?
(a) 1.2 million square kilometers.
(b) 0.8 million square kilometers.
(c) 1.0 million square kilometers.
(d) 1.4 million square kilometers.

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 caravan.
(c) By driving.
(d) By flying.

4. How many women who were part of the 1975 Chinese expedition were able to reach heights of more than 8000 meters?
(a) 30.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 40.

5. As Messner and Nena gathered provisions in Peking in the Tibet chapter, they had an interpreter with them. What was the interpreter's name?
(a) Cheng.
(b) Tian.
(c) Zhang.
(d) Tsao.

Short Answer Questions

1. A few days after being forced to descend Everest because of the storm, which two team members were able to ascend to 8,321 meters during the second British expedition?

2. What was NOT one of the crops that the Tibetan economy was based on?

3. How many people were in the second expedition to Mount Everest in 1922?

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

5. In the Tibet chapter, what "sport" did Bulle once liken mountaineering to?

(see the answer key)

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