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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 qualities does Harrer say are necessary to climb the White Spider?
(a) Patience, calm, sense, and courage.
(b) Enthusiasm, courage, daring, and focus.
(c) Honesty, openness, courage, and honor.
(d) Courage, playfulness, self-confidence, and pride.

2. 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 either be too detailed or too general.
(b) He says the book will be inaccessible and obscure.
(c) He says the book will either be sensationalistic or unnecessary.
(d) He says the book will be boring and unreadable.

3. What quality does Maix say Harrer has that qualifies him to write about the Eiger?
(a) He has met many men who successfully climbed the Eiger.
(b) He has climbed the North Face.
(c) He has been a professional climber.
(d) He has been both a climber and a guide.

4. How many climbers were in Toni Kurz's group?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

5. What happened to the two climbers who arrived at the North Face early in the summer of 1936?
(a) They climbed as far as the Second Ice Field and back down.
(b) One of them died on a climb on another mountain.
(c) The weather remained bad, and they gave up waiting.
(d) They became ill and gave up the attempt.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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