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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) 8,170 meters.
(b) 8,315 meters.
(c) 8,230 meters.
(d) 8,020 meters.

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

3. How many of the expedition's porters were killed in the avalanche that occurred during the third attempt to reach Everest's summit?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) Seven.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had a special camera with him on expeditions in 1922 and 1924?

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

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

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?

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