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

2. When the CMA granted Messner a permit in the Kanchung chapter, which mountain did the permit apply to?
(a) Ganpei.
(b) North Col.
(c) Chomolungma.
(d) Mizpah.

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

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

5. What name is the 500-meter high ice wall known by?
(a) North Col.
(b) Shangra La face.
(c) North-East Ridge.
(d) Chang La face.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon his return to Germany in the Kanchung chapter, how long was Messner detained in Frankfurt's passport control?

2. What was the name of the hotel in Syangpoche that the climbing team was headed to after leaving the Sherpa hut in the beginning of the book?

3. When the British expedition returned to Everest in 1924, how many times were the climbers forced to abandon their higher-elevation camps and return to their base camps because of snowfall and extreme cold?

4. According to tests, at what altitude could climbers survive at with the use of artificial oxygen?

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

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

3. How did Captain Finch originally test his bold plan back in England?

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

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

6. When Messner referred to "fair means" in climbing in the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, what was he referring to?

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

8. Describe what the oxygen apparatus of the 1920's looked like.

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

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

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