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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) Shangra La face.
(c) North-East Ridge.
(d) North Col.

2. Who owned the hotel in Syangpoche that the climbing team stayed in after leaving the Sherpa hut in the beginning of the book?
(a) The Swiss.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The Japanese.
(d) The Nepalese.

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

4. 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) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Portugal.
(d) Spain.

5. Who discovered that the North Ridge was the ideal approach to the North-East Shoulder?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Habeler.
(c) Messner.
(d) Mallory.

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

3. 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?

4. What was the nickname of Oswald Oelz?

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

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