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

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

3. Who were the first group of foreign mountaineers to undertake an expedition in Tibet after the creation of the People's Republic?
(a) The Swiss.
(b) The British.
(c) The Japanese.
(d) The Americans.

4. What was the nickname of Oswald Oelz?
(a) Major.
(b) Bulle.
(c) Butte.
(d) Magic.

5. Who was the first person to ever want to scale Mount Everest alone?
(a) Maurice Wilson.
(b) George Mallory.
(c) George Bruce.
(d) Edmund Hillary.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Messner realized that he needed a sponsor in order to gain access to the mountains in China, what did Messner consider offering to his sponsor in exchange for the sponsor's commitment to help Messner?

2. What does dzong mean in Tibetan?

3. How many of the expedition's porters were killed in the avalanche that occurred during the third attempt to reach Everest's summit?

4. By what nickname was Tenzing Norgay known?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the British recognize as too difficult a route in the 1920s and 1930s that is still not climbed to this day?

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. Because it lies so far above sea level, what is Tibet known as?

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

5. In the Kanchung chapter, how did Messner characterize his homeland of South Tyrol?

6. Why did the second person to attempt a solo ascent of Everest decline to use oxygen gear?

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

8. 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?

9. According to Messner in the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, what were the primary motives of the Himalayan mountaineer?

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

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