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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 did the press call the North Face?
(a) Unbesteigbar.
(b) Todesgesicht.
(c) Todesberg.
(d) Mordwand.

2. How does Harrer view change and the Eiger mountain?
(a) He sees the Eiger as changing in short bursts.
(b) He sees the Eiger as ever changing.
(c) He sees the Eiger as resisting change and changing slowly.
(d) He sees the Eiger as always changing.

3. What nationality was the second team to successfully climb the North Face?
(a) Italian.
(b) French.
(c) German.
(d) Swiss.

4. What did Fritz crave and lack, after climbing the Spider?
(a) Fresh fruit.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Dry clothes.
(d) Cigarettes.

5. What two occupations does Kurt Maix have?
(a) Journalist and mountaineer.
(b) Mountaineer and biographer.
(c) Natualist and biographer.
(d) Journalist and naturalist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many climbers were there in the first party to attempt to climb the North Face?

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

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

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

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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