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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between Otto and Sepp Maag?
(a) Brothers.
(b) Second cousins.
(c) Father and son.
(d) Cousins.

2. What happened to Kasparek at the Ramp?
(a) He was hit by a rock.
(b) He caught his hand in a rope.
(c) He slipped but was caught by Harrer's rope.
(d) He was washed down by a sudden tide of melting ice.

3. How did newspapers react to plans to climb the North Face in 1937?
(a) With both outcry against the danger and sensationalism.
(b) With condemnation against the suicidal dangers.
(c) With enthusiastic sensationalism of the heroism of the climbers.
(d) With indifference and certainty that attempts would fail.

4. What caused the people on the ground to lose sight of the first climbers up the North Face on their third day?
(a) A ledge of the mountain.
(b) Heavy snowfall.
(c) A curve around the mountain.
(d) A cloud of mist.

5. How far did the first party to attempt to climb the North Face go on their first day?
(a) 1,300 feet.
(b) 2,600 feet.
(c) 1,900 feet.
(d) 3,100 feet.

6. What did the press call the North Face?
(a) Todesgesicht.
(b) Unbesteigbar.
(c) Mordwand.
(d) Todesberg.

7. Where did the French party join up with Buhl and his group on the 1952 climb?
(a) The Ramp.
(b) The Flatiron.
(c) The Hinterstoisser Traverse.
(d) The Second Ice Field.

8. What qualities does Harrer say are necessary to climb the White Spider?
(a) Honesty, openness, courage, and honor.
(b) Enthusiasm, courage, daring, and focus.
(c) Courage, playfulness, self-confidence, and pride.
(d) Patience, calm, sense, and courage.

9. What equipment was Harrer missing, that he realized he should have brought?
(a) Heavy crampons.
(b) Carabiners.
(c) Ice pitons.
(d) A cold weather harness.

10. What did Rebisch and Vörg do to make a place to spend the night on the mountain?
(a) They made a shelter of rocks.
(b) They made a makeshift hut.
(c) They cut seats in the ice.
(d) They made camp with their tents.

11. Where did Harrer escape to?
(a) Bangladesh.
(b) Syria.
(c) Tibet.
(d) Burma.

12. What did the climbers do that blocked their path back down?
(a) They created a base camp that interfered with the path.
(b) They took away a rope from a traverse.
(c) They removed pitons from the rocks as they climbed.
(d) They inadvertently caused a rockslide that covered a climbable path.

13. Why did Austrians Waschak and Forstenlechner delay their start, while a party of four Swiss climbers began an ascent up the North Face in 1950?
(a) They wanted to acquire additional supplies.
(b) Waschak was beginning to become ill.
(c) They were concerned about the weather.
(d) They did not want to compete with the Swiss climbers.

14. How many climbers were in the first ascent to the top of the North Face?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

15. What did Fritz crave and lack, after climbing the Spider?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Fresh fruit.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Dry clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Rebitsch and Vörg finally attempt their climb?

2. Where did Rebitch and Vörg reach on their second day?

3. On Rebitsch and Vörg's return to the base of the North Face later in the month, what do they decide to do?

4. What did Von Allmen make, as he waited for Toni Kurz and his group of climbers?

5. How many parties left the Eiger without an attempt to climb the North Face in 1937, due to bad weather?

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