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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. What did Edmund Geer and Wolfang Görter do while Derungs and Albrecht were climbing the North Face?
(a) They published articles about the climb.
(b) They filmed the climb.
(c) They followed behind the young climbers.
(d) They descended the North Face from the summit.

2. What did Kasparek do to make progress over the Second Ice Field easier?
(a) He hacked steps into the ice with an axe.
(b) He crushed the top layer of ice with a grinding tool.
(c) He strung a rope across the ice field.
(d) He sprinkled salt on the ice.

3. What cliff on the North Face did Karl Reiss attempt to climb?
(a) A cliff from the Second Ice Field to the Third Ice Field.
(b) A cliff from the First Ice Field to the Second Ice Field.
(c) A cliff from the Spider to the summit.
(d) A cliff from the Third Ice Field to the Spider.

4. How many parties attempted to climb the North Face in 1954 and 1955?
(a) None.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

5. Which two members of the party injured their hands on the ascent?
(a) Kasparek and Vörg.
(b) Kasparek and Harrer.
(c) Heckmair and Vörg.
(d) Heckmair and Harrer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were Nothdurft and Mayer's bodies finally found?

2. Was Nothdurft's diary found?

3. Where was Harrer attending school, in 1938?

4. What year was the final section of the book added?

5. Where did Harrer and Kasparek have breakfast, at the beginning of their ascent up the North Face?

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