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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) 50 men.
(b) 10 men.
(c) 30 men.
(d) 100 men.

2. What was the name of the Tibetan who helped the first person who wanted to scale Everest alone enter Tibet illegally?
(a) Karma Paul.
(b) Rinzing Tewang.
(c) Wilson Tsering.
(d) Sherpa Jan.

3. What does dzong mean in Tibetan?
(a) Monsoon.
(b) Avalanche.
(c) Cave.
(d) Fort.

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

5. When Messner realized that he needed a sponsor in order to gain access to the mountains in China, what did Messner consider offering to his sponsor in exchange for the sponsor's commitment to help Messner?
(a) Exclusive access.
(b) Film rights.
(c) Money.
(d) Book rights.

6. According to what Messner learned from his journalist friend in the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, who received permission for a solo assent of Everest during the winter of 1980-81?
(a) Mallory.
(b) Uemura.
(c) Hawley.
(d) Harrison.

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

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

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

10. In what year did Norton climb as far as the Great Couloir?
(a) 1926.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1922.

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

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

13. What did Messner say he hated like the plague?
(a) Communism.
(b) Politics.
(c) Red tape.
(d) Bureaucracy.

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

15. When the British expedition returned to Everest in 1924, how many times were the climbers forced to abandon their higher-elevation camps and return to their base camps because of snowfall and extreme cold?
(a) Four times.
(b) Two times.
(c) One time.
(d) Three times.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who owned the hotel in Syangpoche that the climbing team stayed in after leaving the Sherpa hut in the beginning of the book?

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

4. How high did the second British expedition reach before being forced to descend the mountain because of a growing storm?

5. How high was the assault camp established by the 1924 British expedition?

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