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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. What warning did the Swiss government issue to climbers?
(a) A warning that the Eiger's North Face would be prohibited if there were another accident.
(b) A warning that rescue and recovery efforts were not guaranteed.
(c) A warning that climbing the mountain was prohibited.
(d) A warning not to attempt to climb during June or July due to bad weather.

2. What caused the people on the ground to lose sight of the first climbers up the North Face on their third day?
(a) A cloud of mist.
(b) A ledge of the mountain.
(c) Heavy snowfall.
(d) A curve around the mountain.

3. How many climbers were there in the first party to attempt to climb the North Face?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

4. When they arrived at the Eiger in 1936, what new route did Angerer and Rainer want to try on the North Face?
(a) A new route to the White Spider from the Third Ice Field.
(b) A new route to the Second Ice Field from the First Ice Field..
(c) A new route to the First Ice Field.
(d) A new route to the Third Ice Field from the Second Ice Field.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1950, where did North Face climbers Hamel and Seiler escape to after a blizzard?

2. When Franz Primas and Bertl Gollackner climbed the Lauper Route, what did Gollackner accidentally leave behind?

3. What did the climbers do that blocked their path back down?

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

5. Where did Rebitch and Vörg end the fourth day of their climb?

(see the answer key)

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