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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1952: The Great Year on the Eiger.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Toni Kurz's party say to Allmen when he called to them?
(a) That they were going to separate.
(b) That they would be down soon.
(c) That they needed help.
(d) That they were going to attempt to climb up again.

2. Why does Harrer write about the North Face of the Eiger?
(a) It is the hardest to climb.
(b) It is the side that he chose to climb.
(c) It was the first side climbed.
(d) It is the only climbable face.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On Rebitsch and Vörg's return to the base of the North Face later in the month, what do they decide to do?

3. What does the author say that true climbers want, in his criticism of media coverage of attempts to climb the North Face?

4. What trapped Primas and Gollackner on the mountain?

5. Who did Harrer tell about his plans to climb the North Face?

(see the answer key)

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