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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. 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?
(a) 3,500 meters above sea level.
(b) 4,500 meters above sea level.
(c) 3,000 meters above sea level.
(d) 4,000 meters above sea level.

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

3. 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?
(a) Spain.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

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

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) Kathmandu.
(c) Lukla.
(d) Uemura.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the uprising of March 1959, how many Tibetans fled to India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sikkim?

2. After giving up on their original mission in Syangpoche in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, how far of a walk did the climbing team undertake to reach their new destination?

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

5. What was the primary occupation of Oswald Oelz?

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