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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chomolungma—Ascent and Descent.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the second person to try to scale Everest alone?
(a) Edmund Hillary.
(b) Maurice Wilson.
(c) George Mallory.
(d) Earl Denman.

2. In the Kanchung chapter, how many lectures was Messner scheduled to give during his European lecture tour?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Forty.
(c) Fifty-two.
(d) Sixty.

3. To whom does Messner attribute the quote that begins his book?
(a) Sir Francis Younglin.
(b) Sir Francis Youngman.
(c) Sir Francis Younghusband.
(d) Sir Francis Young.

4. According to what Messner learned from his journalist friend in the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, who received permission for a solo assent of Everest during the winter of 1980-81?
(a) Uemura.
(b) Hawley.
(c) Harrison.
(d) Mallory.

5. How many British attempts to ascend Mount Everest were undertaken between 1921 and 1949?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what altitude did the hotel in Syangpoche that the climbing team was headed to after leaving the Sherpa hut in the beginning of the book lie?

2. After giving up on their original mission in Syangpoche in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, how far of a walk did the climbing team undertake to reach their new destination?

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

4. Who discovered that the North Ridge was the ideal approach to the North-East Shoulder?

5. 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?

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