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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. According to Messner, at what age he did begin climbing?
(a) Thirteen years old.
(b) Five years old.
(c) Seven years old.
(d) Ten years old.

2. 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?
(a) Spain.
(b) Portugal.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

3. How high did the second British expedition reach before being forced to descend the mountain because of a growing storm?
(a) 8,170 meters.
(b) 8,020 meters.
(c) 8,230 meters.
(d) 8,315 meters.

4. With whom did Messner make his first Everest ascent?
(a) Peter Habeler.
(b) Peter Wilson.
(c) Peter Masters.
(d) Peter Mallory.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the climbing team woke up in the Sherpa hut at the beginning of Messner's book, how long did they have to reach Syangpoche?

2. 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?

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

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

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?

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