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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. How many climbers were in the group including Hermann Buhl by the time they reached the summit in July 1952?
(a) Seven.
(b) Nine.
(c) Eight.
(d) Six.

2. What did Rebisch and Vörg do to make a place to spend the night on the mountain?
(a) They made camp with their tents.
(b) They made a makeshift hut.
(c) They made a shelter of rocks.
(d) They cut seats in the ice.

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

4. Was the filmed climb of Lothar Brandler, Jörg Lehne, and Sigfried Löw up the North Face successful?
(a) No, but the film made it seem successful.
(b) Yes, but the film was unusable.
(c) No, the weather conditions were too harsh.
(d) Yes, for two of the climbers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Lugmayer during the climb?

2. Where do observers say that Corti and Longhi joined together with Nothdurft and Mayer?

3. According to Fritz von Almen's warning to Mayr, when would crossing the Third Ice Field be dangerous?

4. In what month did Toni Kurz and his party begin their climb up the North Face?

5. Why did the Austrians climbers Waschak and Forstenlechner stop climbing and wait at the Spider during their ascent?

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