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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. Preparing for the final ascent, what did the climbers do with their unnecessary provisions?
(a) Leave them on the mountain.
(b) Slide them down to a lower point.
(c) Throw them off a cliff.
(d) Bury them in the snow.

2. What happened to the two climbers who arrived at the North Face early in the summer of 1936?
(a) The weather remained bad, and they gave up waiting.
(b) They became ill and gave up the attempt.
(c) One of them died on a climb on another mountain.
(d) They climbed as far as the Second Ice Field and back down.

3. What does Harrer believe is insurmountable in a direct route, without artificial help?
(a) A traverse to the left about halfway up a direct route.
(b) An icy verticle incline about a third of the way up a direct route.
(c) The lack of exit from the top of a possible direct route.
(d) An impassible fissure about two thirds up a direct route.

4. What nationality were Helmuth Drachsler and Walter Gstrein?
(a) Austrian.
(b) Swiss.
(c) German.
(d) American.

5. How many parties attempted to climb the North Face in 1954 and 1955?
(a) One.
(b) None.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Detassis injured?

2. What type of weather hit when Terray and Lachenal reached the Spider, during their climb in 1946?

3. When was the fifteenth ascent of the North Face of the Eiger made by two Austrian students?

4. Who was the first woman to successfully climb the North Face?

5. Who made the last successful ascent of the North Face in 1961

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