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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Man, the Deciding Factor, Route Guide to the North Face, and Attempts and Successes on the North Face.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Rebisch and Vörg do to make a place to spend the night on the mountain?
(a) They made camp with their tents.
(b) They made a shelter of rocks.
(c) They made a makeshift hut.
(d) They cut seats in the ice.

2. What did Radovan KuchaÅ™ and Zdeno Zibrin lose on the Second Ice Field?
(a) A food pack.
(b) An axe.
(c) A rope.
(d) A harnass.

3. Who led the climb down the mountain after the ascent?
(a) Kasparek.
(b) Vörg.
(c) Harrer.
(d) Heckmair.

4. Why did Fraissl and Brankowski turn back?
(a) Fraissl was injured by rocks.
(b) Both were becoming ill.
(c) Brankowski injured himself in a fall.
(d) The weather was turning bad.

5. Where were Nothdurft and Mayer's bodies finally found?
(a) At the top of the Spider.
(b) At the top of the mountain near the west face.
(c) Near the Ramp.
(d) Lower down the east face of the mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1957, what traces of Nothdurft and Mayer did search parties find?

2. Which two members of the party injured their hands on the ascent?

3. What year did Harrer escape from the prison camp?

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

5. 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?

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