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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 21-33, Mount Everest—Fairytale and Reality.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far above sea level does Tibet lie?
(a) 2,000 meters.
(b) 3,000 meters.
(c) 1,000 meters.
(d) 4,000 meters.

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

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

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

5. 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) Mary Mallory.
(b) Shannon Strutt.
(c) Elizabeth Hawley.
(d) Sarah Crawford.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Messner was questioned by the tourists at the hotel in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, what did Messner say was a constant companion while climbing a mountain?

2. 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?

3. According to the book's opening quote, who could not allow Mount Everest to remain untouched?

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

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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