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

2. How many parties successfully climbed the North Face in 1952?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Three
(d) Five.

3. What day did the innkeeper in Grindelwald say that Nothdurft and Mayer left for the climb?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Monday.

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

5. Where did Harrer and Kasparek camp after their first day climbing the North Face?
(a) Below the Third Ice Field.
(b) Below the Second Ice Field.
(c) At the Death Bivouac.
(d) At the Flatiron.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the first description of the North Face from above say about it?

2. How many climbers were in Toni Kurz's group?

3. When was the fifteenth ascent of the North Face of the Eiger made by two Austrian students?

4. Where did Rebitch and Vörg end their third day?

5. How did Longhi and Corti's climb up the North Face begin?

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