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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 did Messner say he hated like the plague?
(a) Politics.
(b) Red tape.
(c) Communism.
(d) Bureaucracy.

2. In what year did the People's Republic of China invade Tibet and end the Dalai Lama's rule?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1950.

3. After giving up on their original mission in Syangpoche in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, how far of a walk did the climbing team undertake to reach their new destination?
(a) Three days.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Two days.
(d) Three hours.

4. To whom does Messner attribute the quote that begins his book?
(a) Sir Francis Younglin.
(b) Sir Francis Younghusband.
(c) Sir Francis Young.
(d) Sir Francis Youngman.

5. 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?
(a) Spain.
(b) Portugal.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the first person who wanted to scale Everest alone entered Tibet illegally, what was the person disguised as?

2. How large is Tibet?

3. In 1924, which of the British climbers set a record for the highest altitude reached climbing without oxygen?

4. In what year did Messner and Oelz successfully scale Mount Everest?

5. In the Kanchung chapter, how many lectures was Messner scheduled to give during his European lecture tour?

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

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

4. Upon reading the article in the "Peking Review" in the Kanchung chapter, what became immediately clear to Messner?

5. 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?

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

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

8. As the book opens, Messner reflects on his first ascent of Everest. What did the mountain mean to Messner?

9. 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?

10. How did Messner describe the region of Solo Khumba in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter?

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