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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. Why does Harrer write about the North Face of the Eiger?
(a) It is the only climbable face.
(b) It is the hardest to climb.
(c) It was the first side climbed.
(d) It is the side that he chose to climb.

2. What does the author say that true climbers want, in his criticism of media coverage of attempts to climb the North Face?
(a) Honor.
(b) Glory.
(c) Accomplishment.
(d) Solitude.

3. How far did the first party to attempt to climb the North Face go on their first day?
(a) 2,600 feet.
(b) 3,100 feet.
(c) 1,900 feet.
(d) 1,300 feet.

4. What year was the Eiger first climbed?
(a) 1838.
(b) 1858.
(c) 1828.
(d) 1848.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Toni Kurz die?

3. What quality does Maix say Harrer has that qualifies him to write about the Eiger?

4. What did the press call the North Face?

5. What did the climbers do that blocked their path back down?

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