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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. 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?
(a) Mallory and Bruce.
(b) Finch and Morshead.
(c) Morshead and Mallory.
(d) Bruce and Finch.

2. Who led the second British expedition to Mount Everest in 1922?
(a) Charles Bruce.
(b) Edward Finch.
(c) George Mallory.
(d) Bruce Charles.

3. In 1924, which of the British climbers set a record for the highest altitude reached climbing without oxygen?
(a) Mallory.
(b) Somervell.
(c) Norton.
(d) Bruce.

4. 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?
(a) Courage.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Fear.
(d) Danger.

5. What was the primary occupation of Oswald Oelz?
(a) A moutaineer.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A doctor.
(d) An attorney.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the climbing team woke up in the Sherpa hut at the beginning of Messner's book, what season was it?

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

3. Which two climbers were lost on Everest on June 8, 1924?

4. In the third attempt to reach Everest's summit, which two members of the British expedition were buried in an avalanche?

5. According to Messner, at what age he did begin climbing?

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