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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The First Ascent of the Face.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 First Ice Field.
(b) A new route to the White Spider from the Third Ice Field.
(c) A new route to the Third Ice Field from the Second Ice Field.
(d) A new route to the Second Ice Field from the First Ice Field..

2. What was Guiseppe Piravano and Bruno Detassis's ultimate goal in attempting to climb the North Face?
(a) To win glory for their country of Italy.
(b) To eventually guide tourists up the North Face.
(c) To write a book about climbing the North Face.
(d) To win the glory of being the first to conquer the North Face.

3. What happened to the two climbers who arrived at the North Face early in the summer of 1936?
(a) The weather remained bad, and they gave up waiting.
(b) They became ill and gave up the attempt.
(c) One of them died on a climb on another mountain.
(d) They climbed as far as the Second Ice Field and back down.

4. How many day's'provisions did the first climbers to attempt the North Face bring?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

5. What did the climbers do that blocked their path back down?
(a) They removed pitons from the rocks as they climbed.
(b) They created a base camp that interfered with the path.
(c) They inadvertently caused a rockslide that covered a climbable path.
(d) They took away a rope from a traverse.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story the author tells at the beginning of the book, how does the climber criticize Harrer's idea to write about the Eiger?

2. Where was Detassis injured?

3. On Rebitsch and Vörg's return to the base of the North Face later in the month, what do they decide to do?

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

5. Why did Giuseppe Piravano and Bruno Detassis climb partially up the northeast face?

(see the answer key)

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