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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 phrase do newspapers use to describe the rush of climbers heading for the North Face?
(a) Ice Field Flurry.
(b) North Face Fever.
(c) White Spider Craze.
(d) Eiger Storm.

2. What trapped Primas and Gollackner on the mountain?
(a) A broken rope.
(b) A large boulder.
(c) A spring bursting from the mountain.
(d) Bad weather.

3. In the summer of 1936, what caused Toni Kurz and his group of climbers to turn back?
(a) One climber was injured in a fall.
(b) One climber's pack was lost.
(c) One climber was hit by a stone.
(d) One climber began getting ill.

4. How many nights did Pierre Julien and Maurice Coutin spend on the mountain during their 1952 climb?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

5. On Rebitsch and Vörg's return to the base of the North Face later in the month, what do they decide to do?
(a) Stock food and water at good locations up the slope.
(b) Create a well-stocked camp a day's climb up the mountain.
(c) Carve footholds in the lower part of the steep slope.
(d) Place ropes across treacherous areas of their intended climb.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the two climbers who arrived at the North Face early in the summer of 1936?

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

3. What year did Harrer escape from the prison camp?

4. What did Rebisch and Vörg do to make a place to spend the night on the mountain?

5. Where did Toni Kurz die?

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