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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Silver Trench, Climbers Have a Language of Their Own, and I Am Sorry, Brian....

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many climbers were killed on the North Face in 1962?
(a) Seven.
(b) None.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

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

3. What put the claims of two Swiss climbers who said they climbed the North Face in one day in doubt?
(a) Photos.
(b) Testimony of other climbers.
(c) Testimony of the Swiss climbers' families.
(d) Testimony of witnesses from the ground.

4. What do Rebitsch and Vörg find when they start up the mountain?
(a) An ice-coated, slippery passage.
(b) A new route to the Second Ice Field.
(c) Hinterstoisser's body.
(d) An impassable crevice.

5. How far did Schlunegger and Krähenbühl climb in 1946 before having to climb back down?
(a) To the Spider.
(b) Above the Second Ice Field.
(c) Above the First Ice Field.
(d) Above the Ramp.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far did the first party to attempt to climb the North Face go on their second day?

2. When Franz Primas and Bertl Gollackner climbed the Lauper Route, what did Gollackner accidentally leave behind?

3. What did Hellepart give Corti when he first contacted him?

4. Which of the following pairs climbed the North Face in one day in July 1952, the seventh ascent?

5. How many parties successfully climbed the North Face in 1952?

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