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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 phrase do newspapers use to describe the rush of climbers heading for the North Face?
(a) White Spider Craze.
(b) Ice Field Flurry.
(c) Eiger Storm.
(d) North Face Fever.

2. What qualities does Harrer say are necessary to climb the White Spider?
(a) Honesty, openness, courage, and honor.
(b) Patience, calm, sense, and courage.
(c) Enthusiasm, courage, daring, and focus.
(d) Courage, playfulness, self-confidence, and pride.

3. Who was the first mountaineer to climb the Eiger?
(a) Brendon Messering.
(b) John Shaeffer.
(c) Charles Barrington.
(d) Andres Monteau.

4. When they arrived at the Eiger in 1936, what new route did Angerer and Rainer want to try on the North Face?
(a) A new route to the First Ice Field.
(b) A new route to the Third Ice Field from the Second Ice Field.
(c) A new route to the White Spider from the Third Ice Field.
(d) A new route to the Second Ice Field from the First Ice Field..

5. 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) At a hotel.
(d) In a camp in the railroad passage.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the climb did Toni Kurz and his party turn back?

2. How did Harrer survive the avalanche at the Spider?

3. What did Fritz crave and lack, after climbing the Spider?

4. What year was the third successful climb up the North Face?

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

(see the answer key)

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