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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 year was the Eiger first climbed?
(a) 1858.
(b) 1838.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1828.

2. What relative of Nothdurft arrived in Grindelwald to await the rescue efforts?
(a) His sister.
(b) His brother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

3. According to the Route Guide, how far is the Hinterstoisser Traverse?
(a) 100 feet.
(b) 70 feet.
(c) 130 feet.
(d) 10 feet.

4. How did von Almen watch Mayr's ascent?
(a) From the foot of the North Face with binoculars.
(b) Through a telescope.
(c) From the railway window.
(d) From an airplane.

5. What did the first description of the North Face from above say about it?
(a) That climbing it would be a challenge for future decades.
(b) That it would be an easy climb.
(c) That climbing it would be a challenge soon overcome.
(d) That it was beautiful and impossible to climb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Fraissl and Brankowski turn back?

2. How many climbers were killed on the North Face in 1962?

3. What makes the Silver Trench silver?

4. What nationality was the second team to successfully climb the North Face?

5. What area of the mountain is the Silver Trench on?

(see the answer key)

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