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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 descended the North Face from the summit.
(d) They followed behind the young climbers.

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

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

4. Who did Harrer tell about his plans to climb the North Face?
(a) Only his family.
(b) No one.
(c) Only his future mother-in-law.
(d) Only his future wife.

5. Where did Erich Vanis, Hans Ratay, and Karl Lugmayer bivouac their first night on the mountain in 1952?
(a) At the Ramp.
(b) At the Swallow's Nest.
(c) Above the Second Ice Field.
(d) At the Mittellegi Hut.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Preparing for the final ascent, what did the climbers do with their unnecessary provisions?

4. How far did Karl Blach initially say he would guide Jürgen Wallenkamp and Bernd Huber on their climb up the North Face?

5. Was Nothdurft's diary found?

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