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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Kanchung—Taboos and Mysteries.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Portugal.
(b) Spain.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

2. What was the name of the Tibetan who helped the first person who wanted to scale Everest alone enter Tibet illegally?
(a) Rinzing Tewang.
(b) Wilson Tsering.
(c) Karma Paul.
(d) Sherpa Jan.

3. What happened to the first person to try to scale Everest alone?
(a) He froze to death.
(b) He was never found.
(c) He starved to death.
(d) He was buried in an avalanche.

4. In what year did the proclamation of the "Autonomous Region of Tibet" occur?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1967.

5. When the CMA granted Messner a permit in the Kanchung chapter, approximately how much did Messner believe the expedition would cost?
(a) $20,000.
(b) $80,000.
(c) $60,000.
(d) $40,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year was the second solo attempt on Everest undertaken?

3. 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?

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

5. What does dzong mean in Tibetan?

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