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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was the third person to unsuccessfully climb Mount Everest solo?
2. What does dzong mean in Tibetan?
3. According to tests, at what altitude could climbers survive at with the use of artificial oxygen?
4. When the climbing team woke up in the Sherpa hut at the beginning of Messner's book, what season was it?
5. How far above sea level does Tibet lie?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. What made Messner's ascent of the Abruzzi Ridge different from that of previous mountaineers?
4. When Messner referred to "fair means" in climbing in the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, what was he referring to?
5. Upon reading the article in the "Peking Review" in the Kanchung chapter, what became immediately clear to Messner?
6. How did Captain Finch originally test his bold plan back in England?
7. How did the first person to want to scale Mount Everest alone first learn about Mount Everest?
8. According to Messner in the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, what were the primary motives of the Himalayan mountaineer?
9. 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?
10. What did Messner suspect was the main reason that men often invited him to talk over a beer after hearing Messner's lecture?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Messner believed that true mountaineering meant playing "fair" and not using technological aids.
a. Explain Messner's reasoning behind why using technological aids was akin to cheating.
b. Identify the technological aids Messner did and did not use during his solo ascent of Mount Everest.
c. Did Messner's use of two technological aids make his ascent to the summit of Mount Everest any less impressive?
Essay Topic 2
Reinhold Messner seemed to be a man who was supremely confident in his ability to succeed. Identify at least three instances from the book that highlighted his confidence. How was Messner helped by his confidence? How was Messner hurt by his confidence?
Essay Topic 3
Nena Holguin was the woman who accompanied Reinhold Messner as his technical assistant when Messner prepared and scaled Mount Everest solo. Describe Nena Holguin, her strengths and weaknesses, and her overall role in the success of Messner's historic climb. Would Messner have reached the summit alone without Nena supporting him?
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