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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was one of the first people that Messner told about his newly acquired permit from the CMA in the Kanchung chapter?
(a) Nena.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Bulle.
(d) Jul.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How many years of experience did the man who led the second British expedition to Mount Everest have?

3. What was the primary occupation of Oswald Oelz?

4. In what year did the People's Republic of China invade Tibet and end the Dalai Lama's rule?

5. Who was the first person to ever want to scale Mount Everest alone?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the climbing team reached Syangpoche in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, they were unsuccessful in completing their task. What was their task and why were they unsuccessful?

2. What unusual item was a standard item placed in the rooms by the hotel in Syangpoche in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter?

3. According to Messner in the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, why did no one understand the local people better than the leader of the second British expedition to Mount Everest in 1922?

4. According to Messner in the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, why was each hour of each day so precious to the second British expedition to Mount Everest?

5. What made Messner's ascent of the Abruzzi Ridge different from that of previous mountaineers?

6. How did the first person to want to scale Mount Everest alone first learn about Mount Everest?

7. As the book opens, what reason did Mallory give when asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest a second time?

8. What was the bold plan for the second expedition to Everest that Captain Finch came up with?

9. According to Messner in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, why was Oelz depressed as the team packed for their trip to Syangpoche?

10. In the Kanchung chapter, what did the article Messner read in the "Peking Review" state?

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