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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. Who did Nothdurft and Mayer visit before their climb, after they left the inn?
(a) Heinrich Harrer.
(b) Kurt Diemberger.
(c) Wolfgang Stefan.
(d) Max Eiselin.

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

3. When Franz Primas and Bertl Gollackner climbed the Lauper Route, what did Gollackner accidentally leave behind?
(a) His pitons.
(b) His tent.
(c) His food.
(d) His water.

4. What day did Sefano Longhi and Claudio Corti begin to climb the North Face?
(a) August 3, 1957.
(b) July 3, 1957.
(c) July 23, 1957.
(d) July 13, 1957.

5. What did Corti say happened to Günther Nothdurft and Franz Mayer as they started out to climb the North Face?
(a) They lost their equipment.
(b) They had an argument and could not get along.
(c) Mayer began to get ill.
(d) Mayer twisted his ankle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Rebitsch and Vörg start up the northeast face of the mountain?

2. What problem did Heckmair have during the night?

3. What makes the Silver Trench silver?

4. What happened on Reiss and Blach's attempt to climb the North Face in 1950?

5. Where did Rebitsch and Vörg climb to, after spending the night on the mountain?

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