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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the deputy leader of the 1975 Chinese expedition?
(a) Phantog.
(b) Tung.
(c) Tabei.
(d) Ganpei.

2. On what day did Messner leave Nena behind at the base camp and begin his ascent of Mount Everest?
(a) August 4.
(b) July 4.
(c) August 18.
(d) July 18.

3. According to Messner, altitude made him irritable and nervous. What did altitude NOT affect for Messner?
(a) His enthusiasm.
(b) His courage.
(c) His strength.
(d) His will-power.

4. What does Potala mean?
(a) Safe haven.
(b) Place of the gods.
(c) New beginnings.
(d) Danger ahead.

5. What was the Potala that Messner spied sitting on the Marpori in the Tibet chapter?i
(a) A palace.
(b) A home.
(c) A castle.
(d) A fortress.

6. As Messner continued up the North Face, he did not notice that the weather had turned so bad that he should have turned back. Why did Messner not notice the changing weather?
(a) His exertion and exhaustion.
(b) His exhaustion and visions.
(c) His exertion and concentration.
(d) His exhaustion and concentration.

7. Why had no Tibetans ever considered climbing the gigantic summits that were all around them?
(a) The mountains were the home of the gods.
(b) It was simply too dangerous.
(c) The mountains were not to be tamed.
(d) It was too expensive.

8. When climbing, how many paces did Messner take between rests according to the Chomolungma chapter?
(a) 80 paces.
(b) 50 paces.
(c) 35 paces.
(d) 65 paces.

9. When Messner got the idea to leave base camp and travel westward in the Rongbuk chapter, where did Messner want to go?
(a) To Tulshing Rimpoche.
(b) To Shisha Pangma.
(c) To Kathmandu.
(d) To Bengal Bay.

10. When Nena first asked Messner to go for a walk with him to explore the area around the base camp at the beginning of the North Col chapter, what was Messner doing that he did not want to stop?
(a) Drawing.
(b) Writing.
(c) Planning.
(d) Reading.

11. When Messner was originally reading about the weather patterns and monsoons of the Himalayans, whose work did he read?
(a) Helmut Friedman.
(b) Helmut Jurgen.
(c) Helmut Kraus.
(d) Helmut Grunther.

12. As Messner planned the route he would use to scale Mount Everest, whose route was he trying not to deviate from?
(a) Maurice WIlson.
(b) Earl Denman.
(c) George Mallory.
(d) Edmund Hillary.

13. How many bivouacs above the North Col did Messner believe he would need in order to reach the summit of Mount Everest?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

14. When Messner spied some Sherpas that he knew in the Tibet chapter, where did Messner know the Sherpas from?
(a) Nangpa La.
(b) Tingri.
(c) Chomolungma.
(d) Ama Dablam.

15. According to the liaison officer with Messner, how long should it have taken the traveling party to reach their destination in the Rongbuk chapter?
(a) One day.
(b) Two days.
(c) Four hours.
(d) Eight hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Tibet chapter, how did Messner and Nena actually travel to their intended destination as they waited for the weather on Everest to clear?

2. What did the CMA want to turn the ruins of the Rongbuk Monastery into?

3. Even though Messner's tent only weighed 2 kilos, the tent could withstand winds that were how strong?

4. When Messner and Nena left Lhasa in the Tibet chapter, where did they travel to?

5. As Messner described Nena watching his ascent from the base campin the Chomolungma chapter, what did Messner liken his tracks to from Nena's perspective?

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