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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mount Everest—Fairytale and Reality.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time Messner was writing the book, how long had it been since Nepal was forbidden to foreigners?
(a) Only 10 years.
(b) Only 40 years.
(c) Only 20 years.
(d) Only 30 years.

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

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

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

5. How many porters lost their lives when the climbers forced to abandon their higher-elevation camps and return to their base camps because of snowfall and extreme cold in 1924?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How many prefectures is Tibet divided into?

3. With whom did Messner make his first Everest ascent?

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?

5. Where did Oswald Oelz live?

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