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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Allmen call to Toni Kurz and his party from?
(a) A tent across an ice field.
(b) An opposite ridge.
(c) A hut on the mountain.
(d) A window to the railroad.

2. How high is the Eiger?
(a) 10,041 feet.
(b) 19,041 feet.
(c) 13,041 feet.
(d) 16, 041 feet.

3. Where did Harrer and Kasparek camp after their first day climbing the North Face?
(a) At the Death Bivouac.
(b) Below the Second Ice Field.
(c) Below the Third Ice Field.
(d) At the Flatiron.

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

5. How did the mountaineer who first climbed the Eiger write his account?
(a) In an article for the London Times.
(b) In a short, self-published book.
(c) In a letter to the Alpine Journal.
(d) In an article in the Alpine Journal.

6. Why did Heckmair and Vörg have modern equipment for their climb?
(a) They had pre-sold a story about the climb to a newspaper.
(b) They had borrowed money.
(c) They had spent their savings.
(d) They had found a sponsor.

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

8. How did Harrer survive the avalanche at the Spider?
(a) He was held by his piton.
(b) He was partially sheltered by an overhang.
(c) He held on to Kasparek.
(d) He held himself with an axe.

9. What did Kasparek do to make progress over the Second Ice Field easier?
(a) He crushed the top layer of ice with a grinding tool.
(b) He sprinkled salt on the ice.
(c) He strung a rope across the ice field.
(d) He hacked steps into the ice with an axe.

10. Who led the climb down the mountain after the ascent?
(a) Kasparek.
(b) Heckmair.
(c) Vörg.
(d) Harrer.

11. How far did Schlunegger and Krähenbühl climb in 1946 before having to climb back down?
(a) To the Spider.
(b) Above the First Ice Field.
(c) Above the Ramp.
(d) Above the Second Ice Field.

12. Where did Rebitch and Vörg reach on their second day?
(a) The Second Ice Field.
(b) The First Ice Field.
(c) The Third Ice Field.
(d) The White Spider.

13. In the third successful climb up the North Face, what nationality were Jermann's guides?
(a) German.
(b) British.
(c) Swiss.
(d) Italian.

14. What does the author say that true climbers want, in his criticism of media coverage of attempts to climb the North Face?
(a) Accomplishment.
(b) Honor.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Glory.

15. What obstacle befell Buhl and his group on the Spider during the 1952 climb?
(a) Impassible ice.
(b) An avalanche.
(c) A boulder falling.
(d) Surging waterfalls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What qualities does Harrer say are necessary to climb the White Spider?

2. How does Maix react to Harrer's proposed book about the Eiger?

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

4. Where did Harrer and Kasparek have breakfast, at the beginning of their ascent up the North Face?

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

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