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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 Messner, what was the single most important source of foreign currency to Nepal?
(a) Tourism.
(b) Mountaineering expeditions.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Climbing fees.

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

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) Five.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Seven.

4. What was the name of the journalist that had been living in Kathmandu for over twenty years and knew practically everything about the region?
(a) Elizabeth Hawley.
(b) Sarah Crawford.
(c) Mary Mallory.
(d) Shannon Strutt.

5. According to tests, at what altitude could climbers survive at with the use of artificial oxygen?
(a) 7,500 meters.
(b) 9,100 meters.
(c) 8,000 meters.
(d) 9,600 meters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom does Messner attribute the quote that begins his book?

3. At the time Messner was writing the book, how long had it been since Nepal was forbidden to foreigners?

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

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

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