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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. What name is the 500-meter high ice wall known by?
(a) North-East Ridge.
(b) Chang La face.
(c) Shangra La face.
(d) North Col.

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

3. On the second British expedition's assent of Everest, which team member was nauseous and did not continue on past 7,600 meters with the rest of the team?
(a) Norton.
(b) Morshead.
(c) Somervell.
(d) Mallory.

4. How many years of experience did the man who led the second British expedition to Mount Everest have?
(a) Forty years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Thirty years.

5. In 1924, what was the altitude reached by the British climber who set a record for the highest altitude reached climbing without oxygen?
(a) 8,621 meters.
(b) 8,126 meters.
(c) 8,572 meters.
(d) 8,738 meters.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Messner and Oelz successfully scale Mount Everest?

2. When the British expedition returned to Everest in 1924, when did the team arrive?

3. How far above sea level does Tibet lie?

4. When the climbing team woke up in the Sherpa hut at the beginning of Messner's book, how long did they have to reach Syangpoche?

5. How many illegal attempts to climb Mount Everest solo were undertaken between 1921 and 1949?

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