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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Lukla.
(b) Tibet.
(c) Kathmandu.
(d) Uemura.

2. Halfway through Messner's lecture tour in the Kanchung chapter, who slipped the "Peking Review" into Messner's hand?
(a) Joachim Hoelzgen.
(b) Jurgen Lehmann.
(c) Shisha Pangma.
(d) Sepia Tian-Chi.

3. What happened to the first person to try to scale Everest alone?
(a) He was buried in an avalanche.
(b) He starved to death.
(c) He froze to death.
(d) He was never found.

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

5. How large is Tibet?
(a) 1.0 million square kilometers.
(b) 0.8 million square kilometers.
(c) 1.4 million square kilometers.
(d) 1.2 million square kilometers.

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

7. Who was responsible for producing the film about Messner's Ama Dablam expedition?
(a) Jurgen Lehmann.
(b) Shisha Pangma.
(c) Joachim Hoelzgen.
(d) Sepia Tian-Chi.

8. Upon his return to Germany in the Kanchung chapter, how long was Messner detained in Frankfurt's passport control?
(a) Three hours.
(b) One hour.
(c) One day.
(d) Three days.

9. What did Messner liken the city of Peking to in the Kanchung chapter?
(a) A field.
(b) A laboratory.
(c) A warehouse.
(d) A mall.

10. What does Ganpei mean?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Luck.
(c) Cheers.
(d) Finished.

11. After the uprising of March 1959, how many Tibetans fled to India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sikkim?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 30,000.

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

13. At what altitude did the hotel in Syangpoche that the climbing team was headed to after leaving the Sherpa hut in the beginning of the book lie?
(a) 3,500 meters above sea level.
(b) 3,000 meters above sea level.
(c) 4,000 meters above sea level.
(d) 4,500 meters above sea level.

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

15. 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 Swiss.
(c) The Japanese.
(d) The Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were in the second expedition to Mount Everest in 1922?

2. To whom does Messner attribute the quote that begins his book?

3. According to Messner, at what age he did begin climbing?

4. By what nickname was Tenzing Norgay known?

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

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