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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. When was the first attempt to climb the North Face?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1925.

2. What did the first description of the North Face from above say about it?
(a) That climbing it would be a challenge for future decades.
(b) That it was beautiful and impossible to climb.
(c) That it would be an easy climb.
(d) That climbing it would be a challenge soon overcome.

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

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

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) They became ill and gave up the attempt.
(c) The weather remained bad, and they gave up waiting.
(d) One of them died on a climb on another mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month did Toni Kurz and his party begin their climb up the North Face?

2. How many climbers were in the first ascent to the top of the North Face?

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

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

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?

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