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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. Who discovered that the North Ridge was the ideal approach to the North-East Shoulder?
(a) Mallory.
(b) Messner.
(c) Habeler.
(d) Wilson.

2. How many people were in the second expedition to Mount Everest in 1922?
(a) Six.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Thirteen.

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

4. What technical aid did Messner consent to use during his climbs?
(a) Ice axe.
(b) Helicopter.
(c) Oxygen gear.
(d) Expansion bolts.

5. When the British expedition returned to Everest in 1924, when did the team arrive?
(a) October.
(b) December.
(c) May.
(d) March.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the proclamation of the "Autonomous Region of Tibet" occur?

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?

3. On the second British expedition's assent of Everest, which team member was nauseous and did not continue on past 7,600 meters with the rest of the team?

4. How many of the expedition's porters were killed in the avalanche that occurred during the third attempt to reach Everest's summit?

5. As Messner prepareed for his solo climb in 1980 in the Kanchung chapter, for how long had Messner been divorced?

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