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

2. How did Heckmair survive the avalanche at the Spider?
(a) He was partially sheltered by an overhang.
(b) He held on to Kasparek.
(c) He held himself with an axe.
(d) He was held by his piton.

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) One of them died on a climb on another mountain.
(c) They climbed as far as the Second Ice Field and back down.
(d) They became ill and gave up the attempt.

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

5. What did Kasparek do to make progress over the Second Ice Field easier?
(a) He crushed the top layer of ice with a grinding tool.
(b) He sprinkled salt on the ice.
(c) He hacked steps into the ice with an axe.
(d) He strung a rope across the ice field.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of climbing does Harrer want to focus on in his book?

2. Where was Harrer attending school, in 1938?

3. How did newspapers react to plans to climb the North Face in 1937?

4. What did Fritz crave and lack, after climbing the Spider?

5. How many climbers were in Toni Kurz's group?

(see the answer key)

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