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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 third attempt to reach Everest's summit, which two members of the British expedition were buried in an avalanche?
(a) Mallory and Morshead.
(b) Bruce and Finch.
(c) Bruce and Morshead.
(d) Mallory and Somervell.

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?
(a) Three days.
(b) Two days.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Three hours.

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

4. In the Kanchung chapter, how many lectures was Messner scheduled to give during his European lecture tour?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Fifty-two.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Forty.

5. 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) Sherpa Jan.
(c) Karma Paul.
(d) Wilson Tsering.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How high was the assault camp established by the 1924 British expedition?

3. According to Messner, what was the single most important source of foreign currency to Nepal?

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. 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?

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