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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. In what month did Toni Kurz and his party begin their climb up the North Face?
(a) August.
(b) July.
(c) September.
(d) June.

2. How far did the first party to attempt to climb the North Face go on their second day?
(a) 300 feet up and across the First Ice Field.
(b) 600 feet up and across the First Ice Field.
(c) 1,200 feet up and across the First Ice Field.
(d) 900 feet up and across the First Ice Field.

3. How many climbers were there in the first party to attempt to climb the North Face?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

4. What site was Alfred Hellepart lowered down to for the rescue attempt?
(a) The Third Ice Field.
(b) The precipice where Longhi was trapped.
(c) Corti's bivouac tent.
(d) The Ice Fluh.

5. How far did Italian climber Walter Bonatti get in his solo attempt to climb the North Face in 1963?
(a) The Spider.
(b) The Second Ice Field.
(c) The First Ice Field.
(d) The Third Ice Field.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far behind Radovan KuchaÅ™ and Zdeno Zibrin were the Polish team who reached the summit the same day?

2. When was the Northeast Face of the Eiger first climbed?

3. How does Maix react to Harrer's proposed book about the Eiger?

4. Where do observers say that Corti and Longhi joined together with Nothdurft and Mayer?

5. What does the author say that true climbers want, in his criticism of media coverage of attempts to climb the North Face?

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