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

2. In what year did Norton climb as far as the Great Couloir?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1924.

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

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

5. How many prefectures is Tibet divided into?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. How large is Tibet?

2. In what year did the proclamation of the "Autonomous Region of Tibet" occur?

3. How far above sea level does Tibet lie?

4. 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?

5. What was the nickname of Oswald Oelz?

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