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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. Whose climb up the North Face was reclassified as a success between the original publication of the book and the addition of the appended section?
(a) Gonda and Wyss.
(b) Etter and Henkel.
(c) Vaucher and Attinger.
(d) Corti and Longhi.

2. Where did Harrer escape to?
(a) Bangladesh.
(b) Burma.
(c) Tibet.
(d) Syria.

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

4. Where did Harrer and Kasparek have breakfast, at the beginning of their ascent up the North Face?
(a) The Gallery Window.
(b) The Flatiron.
(c) The Swallow's Nest.
(d) The Mittellegi Hut.

5. What happened to Lugmayer during the climb?
(a) He slipped and was caught by Ratay's rope.
(b) He lost his pack.
(c) He was hit by a stone.
(d) He was injured in a watershed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened to Kasparek at the Ramp?

3. Where did Heckmair and Vörg stay while waiting to start their climb?

4. In the summer of 1936, what caused Toni Kurz and his group of climbers to turn back?

5. On what day of the climb did Toni Kurz and his party turn back?

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