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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the second British expedition's assent of Everest, which team member was nauseous and did not continue on past 7,600 meters with the rest of the team?
(a) Morshead.
(b) Norton.
(c) Mallory.
(d) Somervell.

2. What technical aid did Messner consent to use during his climbs?
(a) Oxygen gear.
(b) Helicopter.
(c) Expansion bolts.
(d) Ice axe.

3. 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) Tibet.
(b) Uemura.
(c) Kathmandu.
(d) Lukla.

4. What was the name of the hotel in Syangpoche that the climbing team was headed to after leaving the Sherpa hut in the beginning of the book?
(a) The Everest View Hotel.
(b) The Everest Inn.
(c) The Mountain Inn.
(d) The Everest Express Hotel.

5. 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 sense of adventure.
(c) Men with any courage for challenges.
(d) Men with any zest for mountaineering.

6. Who owned the hotel in Syangpoche that the climbing team stayed in after leaving the Sherpa hut in the beginning of the book?
(a) The Nepalese.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The Japanese.
(d) The Swiss.

7. 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) Money.
(b) Exclusive access.
(c) Film rights.
(d) Book rights.

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

9. In what year did Messner and Oelz successfully scale Mount Everest?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1977.

10. How many people were in the second expedition to Mount Everest in 1922?
(a) Ten.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Six.
(d) Twenty.

11. What was the name of the second person to try to scale Everest alone?
(a) Maurice Wilson.
(b) Earl Denman.
(c) Edmund Hillary.
(d) George Mallory.

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

13. What was NOT one of the crops that the Tibetan economy was based on?
(a) Peas.
(b) Barley.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Corn.

14. In 1924, what was the altitude reached by the British climber who set a record for the highest altitude reached climbing without oxygen?
(a) 8,738 meters.
(b) 8,621 meters.
(c) 8,572 meters.
(d) 8,126 meters.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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 high was the assault camp established by the 1924 British expedition?

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?

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

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