View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the CMA granted Messner a permit in the Kanchung chapter, which mountain did the permit apply to?
(a) Ganpei.
(b) Chomolungma.
(c) North Col.
(d) Mizpah.

2. In what year was the second solo attempt on Everest undertaken?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1951.

3. What was the Potala that Messner spied sitting on the Marpori in the Tibet chapter?i
(a) A fortress.
(b) A palace.
(c) A castle.
(d) A home.

4. What was the primary occupation of Oswald Oelz?
(a) An attorney.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A moutaineer.
(d) A doctor.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many porters lost their lives when the climbers forced to abandon their higher-elevation camps and return to their base camps because of snowfall and extreme cold in 1924?

3. Who were the first group of foreign mountaineers to undertake an expedition in Tibet after the creation of the People's Republic?

4. 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?

5. As Messner returned to Europe to begin his lecture tour in the Kanchung chapter, how many weeks had he just spent in Nepal?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 232 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample