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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 year was the Eiger's North Face still climbed?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1958.

2. To what does Harrer attribute the fact that Longhi was unable to climb up the rope after he fell?
(a) His wrist was strained and swollen.
(b) It would have been impossible.
(c) He was disoriented by the fall.
(d) He didn't know the proper technique.

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

4. What did Tonella think of Corti's description of what happened?
(a) He thought Corti was truthful and accurate.
(b) He thought Corti was untruthful.
(c) He thought Corti was confused but mostly accurate.
(d) He thought Corti was truthful, but left some things out.

5. What did Hellepart give Corti when he first contacted him?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. What put the claims of two Swiss climbers who said they climbed the North Face in one day in doubt?

2. What happened to the two climbers who arrived at the North Face early in the summer of 1936?

3. What happened to Lugmayer during the 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. Where did Rebitch and Vörg reach on their second day?

(see the answer key)

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