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

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

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

4. In what month did Toni Kurz and his party begin their climb up the North Face?
(a) July.
(b) August.
(c) September.
(d) June.

5. What two occupations does Kurt Maix have?
(a) Natualist and biographer.
(b) Journalist and naturalist.
(c) Mountaineer and biographer.
(d) Journalist and mountaineer.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Northeast Face of the Eiger first climbed?

2. What does Maix say the truth about the North Face of the Eiger will provide?

3. What did the press call the North Face?

4. How did the mountaineer who first climbed the Eiger write his account?

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

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