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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. What was the nickname of Oswald Oelz?
(a) Major.
(b) Magic.
(c) Bulle.
(d) Butte.

2. 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.

3. How large is Tibet?
(a) 1.2 million square kilometers.
(b) 1.4 million square kilometers.
(c) 1.0 million square kilometers.
(d) 0.8 million square kilometers.

4. Who had a special camera with him on expeditions in 1922 and 1924?
(a) Peter Habeler.
(b) Joseph Grange.
(c) Greg Mallory.
(d) John Noel.

5. After giving up on their original mission in Syangpoche, where did the climbing team decide to walk to in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter?
(a) Tibet.
(b) Lukla.
(c) Kathmandu.
(d) Uemura.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. What was NOT one of the crops that the Tibetan economy was based on?

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

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