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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 Kanchung chapter as Messner and Bulle returned to Europe, how did Messner characterize the way Bulle was feeling?
(a) Helpless.
(b) Helpful.
(c) Hopeful.
(d) Hopeless.

2. What was the name of the woman that Messner was married to?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Uschi.
(c) Nena.
(d) Kato.

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

4. Which two climbers were lost on Everest on June 8, 1924?
(a) Mallory and Nema.
(b) Irvine and Odell.
(c) Mallory and Irvine.
(d) Nema and Odell.

5. Who had a special camera with him on expeditions in 1922 and 1924?
(a) Peter Habeler.
(b) Greg Mallory.
(c) Joseph Grange.
(d) John Noel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technical aid did Messner consent to use during his climbs?

2. When the CMA granted Messner a permit in the Kanchung chapter, approximately how much did Messner believe the expedition would cost?

3. What was the nickname of Oswald Oelz?

4. How far above sea level does Tibet lie?

5. 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?

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