View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Oswald Oelz live?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Zurich.
(c) London.
(d) Seattle.

2. Who was the first person to ever want to scale Mount Everest alone?
(a) Maurice Wilson.
(b) George Bruce.
(c) Edmund Hillary.
(d) George Mallory.

3. How many illegal attempts to climb Mount Everest solo were undertaken between 1921 and 1949?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Two.
(d) Seven.

4. Where did the first person to want to scale Mount Everest meet the Indian yogis who impressed the man with their teachings about self-discipline?
(a) On a train.
(b) On a mail boat.
(c) At a base camp.
(d) In a plane.

5. Halfway through Messner's lecture tour in the Kanchung chapter, who slipped the "Peking Review" into Messner's hand?
(a) Sepia Tian-Chi.
(b) Joachim Hoelzgen.
(c) Shisha Pangma.
(d) Jurgen Lehmann.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did each portable oxygen system weigh that the British expedition's climbers carried?

2. After giving up on their original mission in Syangpoche in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, how far of a walk did the climbing team undertake to reach their new destination?

3. At the time Messner was writing the book, how long had it been since Nepal was forbidden to foreigners?

4. 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?

5. How many British attempts to ascend Mount Everest were undertaken between 1921 and 1949?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 250 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample