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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The International Rescue Team and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What trapped Primas and Gollackner on the mountain?
(a) A large boulder.
(b) A broken rope.
(c) Bad weather.
(d) A spring bursting from the mountain.

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

3. Where did Harrer escape to?
(a) Syria.
(b) Bangladesh.
(c) Tibet.
(d) Burma.

4. Where did Harrer and Kasparek have breakfast, at the beginning of their ascent up the North Face?
(a) The Mittellegi Hut.
(b) The Gallery Window.
(c) The Swallow's Nest.
(d) The Flatiron.

5. How did Harrer survive the avalanche at the Spider?
(a) He was held by his piton.
(b) He was partially sheltered by an overhang.
(c) He held on to Kasparek.
(d) He held himself with an axe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Guiseppe Piravano and Bruno Detassis's ultimate goal in attempting to climb the North Face?

2. Why does Harrer write about the North Face of the Eiger?

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

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

5. After Buhl collapsed, who took the lead of the party?

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