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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 was the first side climbed.
(b) It is the hardest to climb.
(c) It is the only climbable face.
(d) It is the side that he chose to climb.

2. How many climbers were in the first ascent to the top of the North Face?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

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

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

5. What does Maix say the truth about the North Face of the Eiger will provide?
(a) An excuse for over-legislation.
(b) A nostalgic journey for those who have climbed.
(c) A warning to climbers.
(d) A chronicle for history.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Von Allmen make, as he waited for Toni Kurz and his group of climbers?

3. What qualities does Harrer say are necessary to climb the White Spider?

4. 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?

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

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