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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mount Everest—Fairytale and Reality.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How high did the second British expedition reach before being forced to descend the mountain because of a growing storm?
(a) 8,315 meters.
(b) 8,170 meters.
(c) 8,020 meters.
(d) 8,230 meters.

2. After the uprising of March 1959, how many Tibetans fled to India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sikkim?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 25,000.

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

4. After giving up on their original mission in Syangpoche, where did the climbing team decide to walk to in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter?
(a) Kathmandu.
(b) Uemura.
(c) Lukla.
(d) Tibet.

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?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Portugal.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Messner, what was the single most important source of foreign currency to Nepal?

2. In what year did the proclamation of the "Autonomous Region of Tibet" occur?

3. With whom did Messner make his first Everest ascent?

4. According to the book's opening quote, who could not allow Mount Everest to remain untouched?

5. When the climbing team woke up in the Sherpa hut at the beginning of Messner's book, what season was it?

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