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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. In what year did Norton climb as far as the Great Couloir?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1926.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1924.

2. 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?
(a) Finch and Morshead.
(b) Morshead and Mallory.
(c) Mallory and Bruce.
(d) Bruce and Finch.

3. How high was the assault camp established by the 1924 British expedition?
(a) 8,145 meters.
(b) 8,270 meters.
(c) 8,325 meters.
(d) 8,000 meters.

4. How much did each portable oxygen system weigh that the British expedition's climbers carried?
(a) Seven kilos.
(b) Fifteen kilos.
(c) Twelve kilos.
(d) Ten kilos.

5. Which member of the British expedition was the last to see the two climbers who were lost on Everest on June 8, 1924?
(a) Odell.
(b) Irvine.
(c) Mallory.
(d) Nema.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How high did the second British expedition reach before being forced to descend the mountain because of a growing storm?

3. How many prefectures is Tibet divided into?

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

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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