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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How far above sea level does Tibet lie?
(a) 3,000 meters.
(b) 4,000 meters.
(c) 1,000 meters.
(d) 2,000 meters.

4. What is the CMA?
(a) Chinese Mountaineering Administration.
(b) Chinese Medical Association.
(c) Chinese Medical Administration.
(d) Chinese Mountaineering Association.

5. What happened to the first person to try to scale Everest alone?
(a) He was never found.
(b) He froze to death.
(c) He was buried in an avalanche.
(d) He starved to death.

6. How much did each portable oxygen system weigh that the British expedition's climbers carried?
(a) Twelve kilos.
(b) Fifteen kilos.
(c) Seven kilos.
(d) Ten kilos.

7. Who was the third person to unsuccessfully climb Mount Everest solo?
(a) Earl Denman.
(b) Edmund Hillary.
(c) Klavs Becker-Larsen.
(d) Maurice Wilson.

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

9. According to tests, at what altitude could climbers survive at with the use of artificial oxygen?
(a) 8,000 meters.
(b) 7,500 meters.
(c) 9,100 meters.
(d) 9,600 meters.

10. Which member of the British expedition was the last to see the two climbers who were lost on Everest on June 8, 1924?
(a) Mallory.
(b) Nema.
(c) Odell.
(d) Irvine.

11. 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 Japanese.
(c) The Swiss.
(d) The British.

12. 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 Japanese.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The Nepalese.
(d) The Swiss.

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

14. Which two climbers were lost on Everest on June 8, 1924?
(a) Irvine and Odell.
(b) Mallory and Nema.
(c) Mallory and Irvine.
(d) Nema and Odell.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the CMA granted Messner a permit in the Kanchung chapter, which mountain did the permit apply to?

2. What was the name of the journalist that had been living in Kathmandu for over twenty years and knew practically everything about the region?

3. What was the name of the second person to try to scale Everest alone?

4. As Messner prepareed for his solo climb in 1980 in the Kanchung chapter, for how long had Messner been divorced?

5. What was the name of the Tibetan who helped the first person who wanted to scale Everest alone enter Tibet illegally?

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