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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) $60,000.
(c) $40,000.
(d) $20,000.

2. As Messner returned to Europe to begin his lecture tour in the Kanchung chapter, how many weeks had he just spent in Nepal?
(a) Eight weeks.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Twelve weeks.
(d) Three weeks.

3. 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) 4,500 meters above sea level.
(c) 4,000 meters above sea level.
(d) 3,000 meters above sea level.

4. Who was one of the first people that Messner told about his newly acquired permit from the CMA in the Kanchung chapter?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Jul.
(c) Nena.
(d) Bulle.

5. In what year did the People's Republic of China invade Tibet and end the Dalai Lama's rule?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1945.

6. 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?
(a) Portugal.
(b) Germany.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

7. How high was the assault camp established by the 1924 British expedition?
(a) 8,145 meters.
(b) 8,325 meters.
(c) 8,270 meters.
(d) 8,000 meters.

8. According to Messner, what was the single most important source of foreign currency to Nepal?
(a) Tourism.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Mountaineering expeditions.
(d) Climbing fees.

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

10. How many years of experience did the man who led the second British expedition to Mount Everest have?
(a) Forty years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Ten years.

11. In what year was the second solo attempt on Everest undertaken?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1942.

12. With whom did Messner make his first Everest ascent?
(a) Peter Masters.
(b) Peter Habeler.
(c) Peter Mallory.
(d) Peter Wilson.

13. How many British attempts to ascend Mount Everest were undertaken between 1921 and 1949?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Ten.

14. Who led the second British expedition to Mount Everest in 1922?
(a) George Mallory.
(b) Bruce Charles.
(c) Charles Bruce.
(d) Edward Finch.

15. According to the book's opening quote, who could not allow Mount Everest to remain untouched?
(a) Men with something to prove.
(b) Men with any courage for challenges.
(c) Men with any zest for mountaineering.
(d) Men with any sense of adventure.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to tests, at what altitude could climbers survive at with the use of artificial oxygen?

3. In what year did the proclamation of the "Autonomous Region of Tibet" occur?

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

5. Who was responsible for producing the film about Messner's Ama Dablam expedition?

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