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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 did the mountaineer who first climbed the Eiger write his account?
(a) In a letter to the Alpine Journal.
(b) In an article for the London Times.
(c) In a short, self-published book.
(d) In an article in the Alpine Journal.

2. What did the press call the North Face?
(a) Unbesteigbar.
(b) Mordwand.
(c) Todesberg.
(d) Todesgesicht.

3. What caused the people on the ground to lose sight of the first climbers up the North Face on their third day?
(a) A curve around the mountain.
(b) A ledge of the mountain.
(c) Heavy snowfall.
(d) A cloud of mist.

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

5. How does Maix react to Harrer's proposed book about the Eiger?
(a) With encouragement, but also frustration.
(b) With concern and caution.
(c) Enthusiastically.
(d) Negatively.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Toni Kurz die?

2. How does Harrer view change and the Eiger mountain?

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

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

5. How many day's'provisions did the first climbers to attempt the North Face bring?

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