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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The First Attempt on the North Face and The Tragedy of Toni Kurz.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How high is the Eiger?
(a) 10,041 feet.
(b) 13,041 feet.
(c) 16, 041 feet.
(d) 19,041 feet.

2. How many climbers were there in the first party to attempt to climb the North Face?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

3. What did the climbers do that blocked their path back down?
(a) They removed pitons from the rocks as they climbed.
(b) They took away a rope from a traverse.
(c) They created a base camp that interfered with the path.
(d) They inadvertently caused a rockslide that covered a climbable path.

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

5. How does Harrer view change and the Eiger mountain?
(a) He sees the Eiger as ever changing.
(b) He sees the Eiger as changing in short bursts.
(c) He sees the Eiger as resisting change and changing slowly.
(d) He sees the Eiger as always changing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the people on the ground to lose sight of the first climbers up the North Face on their third day?

2. Where did Toni Kurz die?

3. What year was the Eiger's North Face still climbed?

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

5. When they arrived at the Eiger in 1936, what new route did Angerer and Rainer want to try on the North Face?

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