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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. How many nights did Corti, Longhi, Nothdurft and Mayer bivouac on the North Face?
(a) Six.
(b) Seven.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

2. Where was Detassis injured?
(a) His leg.
(b) His arm.
(c) His foot.
(d) His back.

3. What do Rebitsch and Vörg find when they start up the mountain?
(a) A new route to the Second Ice Field.
(b) An ice-coated, slippery passage.
(c) Hinterstoisser's body.
(d) An impassable crevice.

4. Why did the Austrians climbers Waschak and Forstenlechner stop climbing and wait at the Spider during their ascent?
(a) They ran out of supplies.
(b) Waschak felt ill.
(c) Forstenlechner was injured.
(d) They didn't want to finish the ascent before the Swiss.

5. What did Toni Kurz's party say to Allmen when he called to them?
(a) That they were going to separate.
(b) That they would be down soon.
(c) That they were going to attempt to climb up again.
(d) That they needed help.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Longhi and Corti's climb up the North Face begin?

2. What nationality was the second team to successfully climb the North Face?

3. What day did Sefano Longhi and Claudio Corti begin to climb the North Face?

4. What obstacle befell Buhl and his group on the Spider during the 1952 climb?

5. Where did Rebitch and Vörg end their third day?

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