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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. 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) Uemura.
(c) Hawley.
(d) Harrison.

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

3. How many people were in the second expedition to Mount Everest in 1922?
(a) Six.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twenty.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to tests, at what altitude could climbers survive at with the use of artificial oxygen?

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?

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

4. In what year did Norton climb as far as the Great Couloir?

5. 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?

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