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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fate Made the Amendments, Four Shirts and an Overcoat, and Ascendancy of the Armchair.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Heckmair and Vörg have modern equipment for their climb?
(a) They had borrowed money.
(b) They had spent their savings.
(c) They had pre-sold a story about the climb to a newspaper.
(d) They had found a sponsor.

2. Why did Fraissl and Brankowski turn back?
(a) Brankowski injured himself in a fall.
(b) Both were becoming ill.
(c) Fraissl was injured by rocks.
(d) The weather was turning bad.

3. Who led the climb down the mountain after the ascent?
(a) Vörg.
(b) Harrer.
(c) Kasparek.
(d) Heckmair.

4. How many parties successfully climbed the North Face in 1952?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three
(d) Six.

5. How did Reiss describe the thunderstorm that was going on when he reached the summit?
(a) As the last straw.
(b) As good conditions.
(c) As a welcome respite.
(d) As a tribulation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Harrer survive the avalanche at the Spider?

2. How far did Italian climber Walter Bonatti get in his solo attempt to climb the North Face in 1963?

3. Where did Harrer and Kasparek camp after their first day climbing the North Face?

4. What doubts were raised about Toni Hiebeler, Toni Kinschofer, Anderl Mannhardt, and Walter Almberger's climb of the North Face in 1961?

5. What did Fritz crave and lack, after climbing the Spider?

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