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

2. In what year did Messner and Oelz successfully scale Mount Everest?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1979.

3. With whom did Messner make his first Everest ascent?
(a) Peter Wilson.
(b) Peter Masters.
(c) Peter Mallory.
(d) Peter Habeler.

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

5. 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) Somervell.
(b) Morshead.
(c) Mallory.
(d) Norton.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did the People's Republic of China invade Tibet and end the Dalai Lama's rule?

3. In 1924, what was the altitude reached by the British climber who set a record for the highest altitude reached climbing without oxygen?

4. How many people were in the second expedition to Mount Everest in 1922?

5. When the climbing team woke up in the Sherpa hut at the beginning of Messner's book, what season was it?

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