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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 quality does Maix say Harrer has that qualifies him to write about the Eiger?
(a) He has met many men who successfully climbed the Eiger.
(b) He has been a professional climber.
(c) He has climbed the North Face.
(d) He has been both a climber and a guide.

2. Where were Nothdurft and Mayer's bodies finally found?
(a) At the top of the Spider.
(b) Lower down the east face of the mountain.
(c) At the top of the mountain near the west face.
(d) Near the Ramp.

3. How did newspapers react to plans to climb the North Face in 1937?
(a) With both outcry against the danger and sensationalism.
(b) With condemnation against the suicidal dangers.
(c) With enthusiastic sensationalism of the heroism of the climbers.
(d) With indifference and certainty that attempts would fail.

4. What did Toni Kurz's party say to Allmen when he called to them?
(a) That they needed help.
(b) That they would be down soon.
(c) That they were going to separate.
(d) That they were going to attempt to climb up again.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Otto and Sepp Maag join up with Buhl and his partner?

2. Which two members of the party injured their hands on the ascent?

3. Why did Heckmair and Vörg have modern equipment for their climb?

4. 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?

5. What does the author say that true climbers want, in his criticism of media coverage of attempts to climb the North Face?

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