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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. When the climbing team woke up in the Sherpa hut at the beginning of Messner's book, what season was it?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Winter.

2. How many British attempts to ascend Mount Everest were undertaken between 1921 and 1949?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Ten.

3. 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 Chinese.
(b) The Nepalese.
(c) The Japanese.
(d) The Swiss.

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

5. How many of the expedition's porters were killed in the avalanche that occurred during the third attempt to reach Everest's summit?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had a special camera with him on expeditions in 1922 and 1924?

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

3. According to the book's opening quote, who could not allow Mount Everest to remain untouched?

4. What name is the 500-meter high ice wall known by?

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

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