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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 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.

2. 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) Harrison.
(c) Mallory.
(d) Hawley.

3. With whom did Messner make his first Everest ascent?
(a) Peter Habeler.
(b) Peter Masters.
(c) Peter Wilson.
(d) Peter Mallory.

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

5. How many illegal attempts to climb Mount Everest solo were undertaken between 1921 and 1949?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Messner, what was the single most important source of foreign currency to Nepal?

2. In what year did Messner and Oelz successfully scale Mount Everest?

3. When the climbing team woke up in the Sherpa hut at the beginning of Messner's book, how long did they have to reach Syangpoche?

4. At the time Messner was writing the book, how long had it been since Nepal was forbidden to foreigners?

5. Where did Oswald Oelz live?

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