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

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

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

4. What happened to Söhnel and Moosmüller on their attempt to climb the North Face in 1956?
(a) They were injured by falling rocks.
(b) They were trapped in an avalanche.
(c) They were knocked off the mountain.
(d) They became ill and had to descend.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bonatti say about why he turned back, ending his climb attempt?

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

3. How many successful ascents of the North Face were made in 1956?

4. What did Edmund Geer and Wolfang Görter do while Derungs and Albrecht were climbing the North Face?

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

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