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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Tragedy of 1957.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the first attempt to climb the North Face?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1915.

2. How far did the first party to attempt to climb the North Face go on their first day?
(a) 1,300 feet.
(b) 1,900 feet.
(c) 2,600 feet.
(d) 3,100 feet.

3. What did the press call the North Face?
(a) Mordwand.
(b) Todesberg.
(c) Unbesteigbar.
(d) Todesgesicht.

4. In what month did Toni Kurz and his party begin their climb up the North Face?
(a) September.
(b) August.
(c) July.
(d) June.

5. Where did Otto and Sepp Maag join up with Buhl and his partner?
(a) The Mittellegi Hut.
(b) The Third Ice Field.
(c) The Rote Fluh.
(d) The Second Ice Field.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Detassis injured?

2. What warning did the Swiss government issue to climbers?

3. What did Corti say happened to Günther Nothdurft and Franz Mayer as they started out to climb the North Face?

4. How many parties left the Eiger without an attempt to climb the North Face in 1937, due to bad weather?

5. What disadvantage did the Maags have during their climb?

(see the answer key)

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