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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 antagonistic action did observers note the climbers doing?
(a) The party in the lead would take out their pitons instead of leaving them for followers.
(b) The parties would push past each other in the climb instead of joining.
(c) The party in the lead would knock ice down the mountain.
(d) The party in the lead would destroy the steps they made in the ice.

2. How many climbers were killed on the North Face in 1962?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) Seven.

3. What was Guiseppe Piravano and Bruno Detassis's ultimate goal in attempting to climb the North Face?
(a) To eventually guide tourists up the North Face.
(b) To win glory for their country of Italy.
(c) To win the glory of being the first to conquer the North Face.
(d) To write a book about climbing the North Face.

4. Where did Boulaz, Attinger, Vaucher, and Darbellay bivouac on their second night?
(a) At the Mittellegi Hut.
(b) At the Swallow's Nest.
(c) Near the Ramp.
(d) Near the Ice Hose.

5. Where did Otto and Sepp Maag join up with Buhl and his partner?
(a) The Third Ice Field.
(b) The Mittellegi Hut.
(c) The Second Ice Field.
(d) The Rote Fluh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Radovan KuchaÅ™ and Zdeno Zibrin lose on the Second Ice Field?

2. Does Harrer believe anyone will ever clime a direct route up the North Face?

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

4. Where did Harrer and Kasparek camp after their first day climbing the North Face?

5. How does Harrer view change and the Eiger mountain?

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