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

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

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

4. Why did Giuseppe Piravano and Bruno Detassis climb partially up the northeast face?
(a) To keep in shape while waiting for better weather.
(b) To take phorographs for a travel magazine.
(c) To get a better look at the North Face.
(d) To practice new climbing techniques.

5. How did the mountaineer who first climbed the Eiger write his account?
(a) In an article for the London Times.
(b) In a short, self-published book.
(c) In an article in the Alpine Journal.
(d) In a letter to the Alpine Journal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened on Reiss and Blach's attempt to climb the North Face in 1950?

2. Where did Harrer and Kasparek have breakfast, at the beginning of their ascent up the North Face?

3. How many parties left the Eiger without an attempt to climb the North Face in 1937, due to bad weather?

4. Preparing for the final ascent, what did the climbers do with their unnecessary provisions?

5. In the third successful climb up the North Face, what nationality were Jermann's guides?

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