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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first person to ever want to scale Mount Everest alone?
(a) Edmund Hillary.
(b) George Bruce.
(c) Maurice Wilson.
(d) George Mallory.

2. What was the primary occupation of Oswald Oelz?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A moutaineer.
(c) An attorney.
(d) A teacher.

3. 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) Somervell.
(b) Mallory.
(c) Norton.
(d) Morshead.

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

5. After giving up on their original mission in Syangpoche in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, how far of a walk did the climbing team undertake to reach their new destination?
(a) Three days.
(b) Three hours.
(c) Two days.
(d) Two hours.

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

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

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

9. 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) Wilson Tsering.
(c) Sherpa Jan.
(d) Rinzing Tewang.

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

11. 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) Harrison.
(b) Hawley.
(c) Uemura.
(d) Mallory.

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

13. Who discovered that the North Ridge was the ideal approach to the North-East Shoulder?
(a) Messner.
(b) Habeler.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Mallory.

14. As the first person who wanted to scale Everest alone entered Tibet illegally, what was the person disguised as?
(a) A Sherpa.
(b) A monk.
(c) A physician.
(d) A guide.

15. In the Kanchung chapter as Messner and Bulle returned to Europe, how did Messner characterize the way Bulle was feeling?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Helpful.
(c) Hopeless.
(d) Helpless.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what nickname was Tenzing Norgay known?

2. Where did the first person to want to scale Mount Everest meet the Indian yogis who impressed the man with their teachings about self-discipline?

3. According to Messner, what was the single most important source of foreign currency to Nepal?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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