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

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

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

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

5. Which member of the British expedition was the last to see the two climbers who were lost on Everest on June 8, 1924?
(a) Odell.
(b) Irvine.
(c) Mallory.
(d) Nema.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who was one of the first people that Messner told about his newly acquired permit from the CMA in the Kanchung chapter?

4. How many people were involved with the first group of foreign mountaineers to undertake an expedition in Tibet after the creation of the People's Republic?

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

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