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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1937: On the Eiger.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 been both a climber and a guide.
(c) He has climbed the North Face.
(d) He has been a professional climber.

2. Where did Allmen call to Toni Kurz and his party from?
(a) A window to the railroad.
(b) A hut on the mountain.
(c) A tent across an ice field.
(d) An opposite ridge.

3. When they arrived at the Eiger in 1936, what new route did Angerer and Rainer want to try on the North Face?
(a) A new route to the Second Ice Field from the First Ice Field..
(b) A new route to the Third Ice Field from the Second Ice Field.
(c) A new route to the First Ice Field.
(d) A new route to the White Spider from the Third Ice Field.

4. Where did Rebitch and Vörg end the fourth day of their climb?
(a) At the bottom of the mountain.
(b) The railroad tunnel.
(c) The Mittellegi Hut.
(d) The Swallow's Nest.

5. What trapped Primas and Gollackner on the mountain?
(a) A broken rope.
(b) A large boulder.
(c) A spring bursting from the mountain.
(d) Bad weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many climbers were in Toni Kurz's group?

2. What did Toni Kurz's party say to Allmen when he called to them?

3. Why did Giuseppe Piravano and Bruno Detassis climb partially up the northeast face?

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

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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