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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chomolungma—Ascent and Descent.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the third person to unsuccessfully climb Mount Everest solo?
(a) Edmund Hillary.
(b) Maurice Wilson.
(c) Earl Denman.
(d) Klavs Becker-Larsen.

2. How high did the second British expedition reach before being forced to descend the mountain because of a growing storm?
(a) 8,315 meters.
(b) 8,020 meters.
(c) 8,170 meters.
(d) 8,230 meters.

3. As alluded to in the North Col chapter, as Messner and Nena approached the North Col, what alarmed Messner the most?
(a) The number of avalanches.
(b) The history of failure.
(c) The approaching monsoons.
(d) The severe temperatures.

4. When did the Dalai Lama flee from Tibet?
(a) March 1959.
(b) March 1960.
(c) March 1961.
(d) March 1958.

5. Who were the first group of foreign mountaineers to undertake an expedition in Tibet after the creation of the People's Republic?
(a) The British.
(b) The Japanese.
(c) The Swiss.
(d) The Americans.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Oswald Oelz live?

3. When the jeep finally arrived, where did the team travel to first in the Rongbuk chapter?

4. In 1922, when an avalanche hit the climbers on the Chang La face, how many Sherpas were killed?

5. After giving up on their original mission in Syangpoche, where did the climbing team decide to walk to in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter?

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