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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Silver Trench, Climbers Have a Language of Their Own, and I Am Sorry, Brian....

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Maix react to Harrer's proposed book about the Eiger?
(a) With encouragement, but also frustration.
(b) With concern and caution.
(c) Negatively.
(d) Enthusiastically.

3. On what day of the climb did Toni Kurz and his party turn back?
(a) The fifth day.
(b) The third day.
(c) The fourth day.
(d) The second day.

4. Where did the French party join up with Buhl and his group on the 1952 climb?
(a) The Ramp.
(b) The Second Ice Field.
(c) The Hinterstoisser Traverse.
(d) The Flatiron.

5. What day did the innkeeper in Grindelwald say that Nothdurft and Mayer left for the climb?
(a) Friday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Sunday.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How far did the first party to attempt to climb the North Face go on their second day?

3. How did Harrer survive the avalanche at the Spider?

4. What year was the final section of the book added?

5. What trapped Primas and Gollackner on the mountain?

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