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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. 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?
(a) On a train.
(b) In a plane.
(c) On a mail boat.
(d) At a base camp.

2. In what year did Norton climb as far as the Great Couloir?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1926.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1920.

3. When the climbing team woke up in the Sherpa hut at the beginning of Messner's book, how long did they have to reach Syangpoche?
(a) Three hours.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Four hours.
(d) One hour.

4. As Messner returned to Europe to begin his lecture tour in the Kanchung chapter, how many weeks had he just spent in Nepal?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Eight weeks.
(d) Twelve weeks.

5. How many prefectures is Tibet divided into?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two climbers were lost on Everest on June 8, 1924?

2. 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?

3. What was the name of the woman that Messner was married to?

4. How many people were in the second expedition to Mount Everest in 1922?

5. On what day did Messner sign the contract with the CMA for his solo ascent of Mount Everest?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the Kanchung chapter, the first person to want to scale Mount Everest alone was not a mountaineer. Why did this person believe he could scale Everest with no experience?

2. 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?

3. When a tourist at the hotel asked Oelz why he climbed Everest after learning that he and Messner had reached the summit in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, how did Oelz respond?

4. What was the most interesting part of the lecture tour schedule for Messner in the Kanchung chapter?

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

6. As Bulle returned to his "real" life in the Kanchung chapter, he threw himself into his job. What was Bulle's primary motivation for taking up his work with such enthusiasm?

7. 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?

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

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

10. What did Messner suspect was the main reason that men often invited him to talk over a beer after hearing Messner's lecture?

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