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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. 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 Second Ice Field from the First Ice Field..
(d) A new route to the White Spider from the Third Ice Field.

2. How many nights did Corti, Longhi, Nothdurft and Mayer bivouac on the North Face?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

3. What did Longhi reportedly shout to rescuers?
(a) That he wanted to apologize to Corti.
(b) That he knew Corti would send help.
(c) That he thought Corti was dead.
(d) That he didn't know what happened to Corti.

4. How many day's'provisions did the first climbers to attempt the North Face bring?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

5. What did Corti say happened to Günther Nothdurft and Franz Mayer as they started out to climb the North Face?
(a) Mayer twisted his ankle.
(b) They lost their equipment.
(c) Mayer began to get ill.
(d) They had an argument and could not get along.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Austrians Waschak and Forstenlechner delay their start, while a party of four Swiss climbers began an ascent up the North Face in 1950?

3. Who was the first mountaineer to climb the Eiger?

4. In the story the author tells at the beginning of the book, how does the climber criticize Harrer's idea to write about the Eiger?

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

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