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

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

3. In what year did Messner and Oelz successfully scale Mount Everest?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1977.

4. Which two climbers were lost on Everest on June 8, 1924?
(a) Mallory and Nema.
(b) Mallory and Irvine.
(c) Nema and Odell.
(d) Irvine and Odell.

5. 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?
(a) Mallory.
(b) Uemura.
(c) Harrison.
(d) Hawley.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far above sea level does Tibet lie?

2. How high was the assault camp established by the 1924 British expedition?

3. How many prefectures is Tibet divided into?

4. Who led the second British expedition to Mount Everest in 1922?

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

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