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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 descended the North Face from the summit.
(b) They filmed the climb.
(c) They published articles about the climb.
(d) They followed behind the young climbers.

2. Why did Karl Blach take Huber's place?
(a) Huber twisted his ankle.
(b) Huber was injured in an avalanche.
(c) Huber was injured by a rock.
(d) Huber was feeling ill.

3. What did Derungs and Albrecht use instead of a bivouac bag on their ascent up the North Face?
(a) A tablecloth.
(b) A wool blanket.
(c) An overcoat.
(d) Nothing.

4. How far did Karl Blach initially say he would guide Jürgen Wallenkamp and Bernd Huber on their climb up the North Face?
(a) To the Third Ice Field.
(b) To the Difficult Crack.
(c) To the Swallow's Nest.
(d) To the Ramp.

5. Where were Nothdurft and Mayer's bodies finally found?
(a) At the top of the mountain near the west face.
(b) Lower down the east face of the mountain.
(c) Near the Ramp.
(d) At the top of the Spider.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Kasparek at the Ramp?

2. What equipment was Harrer missing, that he realized he should have brought?

3. Where did Erich Vanis, Hans Ratay, and Karl Lugmayer bivouac their first night on the mountain in 1952?

4. What nationality were Erich Vanis, Hans Ratay, and Karl Lugmayer?

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

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