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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. According to Messner, at what age he did begin climbing?
(a) Seven years old.
(b) Five years old.
(c) Thirteen years old.
(d) Ten years old.

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

3. What does dzong mean in Tibetan?
(a) Monsoon.
(b) Cave.
(c) Fort.
(d) Avalanche.

4. In what year did Messner first ascend Everest?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1972.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many illegal attempts to climb Mount Everest solo were undertaken between 1921 and 1949?

2. What was the name of the hotel in Syangpoche that the climbing team was headed to after leaving the Sherpa hut in the beginning of the book?

3. Who owned the hotel in Syangpoche that the climbing team stayed in after leaving the Sherpa hut in the beginning of the book?

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

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

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