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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. Who discovered that the North Ridge was the ideal approach to the North-East Shoulder?
(a) Mallory.
(b) Habeler.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Messner.

2. As alluded to in the North Col chapter, as Messner and Nena approached the North Col, what alarmed Messner the most?
(a) The history of failure.
(b) The approaching monsoons.
(c) The number of avalanches.
(d) The severe temperatures.

3. What name is the 500-meter high ice wall known by?
(a) Shangra La face.
(b) North Col.
(c) North-East Ridge.
(d) Chang La face.

4. When the British expedition returned to Everest in 1924, how many times were the climbers forced to abandon their higher-elevation camps and return to their base camps because of snowfall and extreme cold?
(a) Two times.
(b) One time.
(c) Four times.
(d) Three times.

5. While Messner studied the North Col through his binoculars and planned his next objective in the North Col chapter, where were Cheng and Tsao?
(a) In Lhasa.
(b) In Peking.
(c) At the midway camp.
(d) At the base camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years of experience did the man who led the second British expedition to Mount Everest have?

2. Where did Oswald Oelz live?

3. According to Messner in the Tibet chapter, how long after landing in the Tsangpo valley did he expect it would take to reach Lhasa by jeep?

4. What did Messner liken the city of Peking to in the Kanchung chapter?

5. When Messner got the idea to leave base camp and travel westward in the Rongbuk chapter, where did Messner want to go?

(see the answer key)

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