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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Further Successful Ascents.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Rebitsch and Vörg find when they start up the mountain?
(a) An impassable crevice.
(b) Hinterstoisser's body.
(c) An ice-coated, slippery passage.
(d) A new route to the Second Ice Field.

3. Why did Fraissl and Brankowski turn back?
(a) The weather was turning bad.
(b) Fraissl was injured by rocks.
(c) Brankowski injured himself in a fall.
(d) Both were becoming ill.

4. What happened on Reiss and Blach's attempt to climb the North Face in 1950?
(a) Blach lost his pack.
(b) Reiss became ill.
(c) Reiss injured his head.
(d) Blach broke his arm.

5. Why did the Austrians climbers Waschak and Forstenlechner stop climbing and wait at the Spider during their ascent?
(a) They ran out of supplies.
(b) They didn't want to finish the ascent before the Swiss.
(c) Forstenlechner was injured.
(d) Waschak felt ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of climbing does Harrer want to focus on in his book?

2. Where did Rebitch and Vörg end the fourth day of their climb?

3. When was the first attempt to climb the North Face?

4. How did newspapers react to plans to climb the North Face in 1937?

5. What phrase do newspapers use to describe the rush of climbers heading for the North Face?

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