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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 Northeast Face of the Eiger first climbed?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1932.

2. What did the climbers do that blocked their path back down?
(a) They inadvertently caused a rockslide that covered a climbable path.
(b) They removed pitons from the rocks as they climbed.
(c) They created a base camp that interfered with the path.
(d) They took away a rope from a traverse.

3. 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) They climbed as far as the Second Ice Field and back down.
(c) They became ill and gave up the attempt.
(d) One of them died on a climb on another mountain.

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

5. How many day's'provisions did the first climbers to attempt the North Face bring?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Toni Kurz die?

2. On what day of the climb did Toni Kurz and his party turn back?

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

4. Who was the first mountaineer to climb the Eiger?

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

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