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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Heckmair and Vörg stay while waiting to start their climb?
(a) In a tent at the bottom of the North Face.
(b) In a tent secluded from the others to remain unnoticed.
(c) In a camp in the railroad passage.
(d) At a hotel.

2. What happened to the two climbers who arrived at the North Face early in the summer of 1936?
(a) They became ill and gave up the attempt.
(b) The weather remained bad, and they gave up waiting.
(c) One of them died on a climb on another mountain.
(d) They climbed as far as the Second Ice Field and back down.

3. What did Rebisch and Vörg do to make a place to spend the night on the mountain?
(a) They cut seats in the ice.
(b) They made a shelter of rocks.
(c) They made camp with their tents.
(d) They made a makeshift hut.

4. Who led the climb down the mountain after the ascent?
(a) Heckmair.
(b) Vörg.
(c) Kasparek.
(d) Harrer.

5. How many parties left the Eiger without an attempt to climb the North Face in 1937, due to bad weather?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. What trapped Primas and Gollackner on the mountain?

2. What country was Harrer imprisoned in during World War II?

3. Where did Harrer and Kasparek camp after their first day climbing the North Face?

4. Where did Rebitch and Vörg reach on their second day?

5. What did the climbers do that blocked their path back down?

(see the answer key)

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