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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 happened to Söhnel and Moosmüller on their attempt to climb the North Face in 1956?
(a) They became ill and had to descend.
(b) They were injured by falling rocks.
(c) They were knocked off the mountain.
(d) They were trapped in an avalanche.

2. In the third successful climb up the North Face, what nationality were Jermann's guides?
(a) British.
(b) German.
(c) Italian.
(d) Swiss.

3. How did Mayr climb from the First Ice Field to the Second Ice Field?
(a) By cutting ice steps up a slope.
(b) Straight up a rock.
(c) In a longer, less steep crevice pathway.
(d) Through a traverse.

4. In 1950, where did North Face climbers Hamel and Seiler escape to after a blizzard?
(a) The Swallow's Nest.
(b) The railway tunnel.
(c) The Kleine Scheidegg.
(d) The Mittellegi Hut.

5. What does the author say that true climbers want, in his criticism of media coverage of attempts to climb the North Face?
(a) Solitude.
(b) Accomplishment.
(c) Glory.
(d) Honor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Toni Kurz die?

2. What year was the Eiger first climbed?

3. How tall was the icy gully that Buhl climbed the day after climbing the Spider?

4. Why did Fraissl and Brankowski turn back?

5. What did Corti say happened to Günther Nothdurft and Franz Mayer as they started out to climb the North Face?

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