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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. As the first person who wanted to scale Everest alone entered Tibet illegally, what was the person disguised as?
(a) A guide.
(b) A monk.
(c) A physician.
(d) A Sherpa.

2. On what day did Messner sign the contract with the CMA for his solo ascent of Mount Everest?
(a) April 3.
(b) September 3.
(c) May 3.
(d) August 3.

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

4. A few days after being forced to descend Everest because of the storm, which two team members were able to ascend to 8,321 meters during the second British expedition?
(a) Mallory and Bruce.
(b) Finch and Morshead.
(c) Morshead and Mallory.
(d) Bruce and Finch.

5. 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?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovered that the North Ridge was the ideal approach to the North-East Shoulder?

2. 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?

3. How many illegal attempts to climb Mount Everest solo were undertaken between 1921 and 1949?

4. In what year did the People's Republic of China invade Tibet and end the Dalai Lama's rule?

5. In what year did Norton climb as far as the Great Couloir?

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