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

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

3. To whom does Messner attribute the quote that begins his book?
(a) Sir Francis Youngman.
(b) Sir Francis Younglin.
(c) Sir Francis Young.
(d) Sir Francis Younghusband.

4. 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?
(a) Two hours.
(b) Two days.
(c) Three days.
(d) Three hours.

5. When the British expedition returned to Everest in 1924, how many times were the climbers forced to abandon their higher-elevation camps and return to their base camps because of snowfall and extreme cold?
(a) One time.
(b) Two times.
(c) Four times.
(d) Three times.

Short Answer Questions

1. A few days after being forced to descend Everest because of the storm, which two team members were able to ascend to 8,321 meters during the second British expedition?

2. In 1924, what was the altitude reached by the British climber who set a record for the highest altitude reached climbing without oxygen?

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?

4. How many prefectures is Tibet divided into?

5. When Messner was questioned by the tourists at the hotel in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, what did Messner say was a constant companion while climbing a mountain?

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