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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 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 tribulation.
(d) As a welcome respite.

2. 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 Ramp.
(b) To the Difficult Crack.
(c) To the Third Ice Field.
(d) To the Swallow's Nest.

3. What happened to Kasparek at the Ramp?
(a) He slipped but was caught by Harrer's rope.
(b) He was hit by a rock.
(c) He was washed down by a sudden tide of melting ice.
(d) He caught his hand in a rope.

4. Whose climb up the North Face was reclassified as a success between the original publication of the book and the addition of the appended section?
(a) Etter and Henkel.
(b) Vaucher and Attinger.
(c) Gonda and Wyss.
(d) Corti and Longhi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Fraissl and Brankowski turn back?

2. What day did Harrer and Kasparek begin their 1938 climb of the North Face?

3. What date did Erich Vanis, Hans Ratay, and Karl Lugmayer arrive at the North Face?

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

5. Where did Heckmair and Vörg stay while waiting to start their climb?

(see the answer key)

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