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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the journalist that had been living in Kathmandu for over twenty years and knew practically everything about the region?
(a) Sarah Crawford.
(b) Elizabeth Hawley.
(c) Shannon Strutt.
(d) Mary Mallory.

2. 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) Shisha Pangma.
(d) Sepia Tian-Chi.

3. On what day did Messner sign the contract with the CMA for his solo ascent of Mount Everest?
(a) May 3.
(b) September 3.
(c) August 3.
(d) April 3.

4. 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) Morshead.
(d) Norton.

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

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

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

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

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

10. How many illegal attempts to climb Mount Everest solo were undertaken between 1921 and 1949?
(a) Seven.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

11. 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?
(a) Mallory and Bruce.
(b) Morshead and Mallory.
(c) Bruce and Finch.
(d) Finch and Morshead.

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

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

14. Where did Oswald Oelz live?
(a) Madrid.
(b) London.
(c) Zurich.
(d) Seattle.

15. 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) Harrison.
(d) Hawley.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. In what year did Messner and Oelz successfully scale Mount Everest?

4. Which member of the British expedition was the last to see the two climbers who were lost on Everest on June 8, 1924?

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

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