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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 created a base camp that interfered with the path.
(b) They removed pitons from the rocks as they climbed.
(c) They inadvertently caused a rockslide that covered a climbable path.
(d) They took away a rope from a traverse.

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

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

4. What aspect of climbing does Harrer want to focus on in his book?
(a) The human side of climbing.
(b) The nature conserevation side of climbing.
(c) The heroic side of climbing.
(d) The technical side of climbing.

5. In the story the author tells at the beginning of the book, how does the climber criticize Harrer's idea to write about the Eiger?
(a) He says the book will be inaccessible and obscure.
(b) He says the book will be boring and unreadable.
(c) He says the book will either be sensationalistic or unnecessary.
(d) He says the book will either be too detailed or too general.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

5. Where did Allmen call to Toni Kurz and his party from?

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