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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Harrer view change and the Eiger mountain?
(a) He sees the Eiger as always changing.
(b) He sees the Eiger as changing in short bursts.
(c) He sees the Eiger as resisting change and changing slowly.
(d) He sees the Eiger as ever changing.

2. What nationality was the second team to successfully climb the North Face?
(a) German.
(b) Italian.
(c) Swiss.
(d) French.

3. What year was the Eiger's North Face still climbed?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1948.

4. Who did Harrer tell about his plans to climb the North Face?
(a) Only his future wife.
(b) Only his future mother-in-law.
(c) Only his family.
(d) No one.

5. How tall was the icy gully that Buhl climbed the day after climbing the Spider?
(a) 70 feet.
(b) 50 feet.
(c) 90 feet.
(d) 30 feet.

6. Which of the following pairs climbed the North Face in one day in July 1952, the seventh ascent?
(a) Sepp Larch and Karl Winter.
(b) Otto and Sepp Maag.
(c) Pierre Julien and Maurice Coutin.
(d) Heinrich Harrer and Erich Vanis.

7. What aspect of climbing does Harrer want to focus on in his book?
(a) The heroic side of climbing.
(b) The human side of climbing.
(c) The nature conserevation side of climbing.
(d) The technical side of climbing.

8. After Buhl collapsed, who took the lead of the party?
(a) Rébuffat.
(b) Otto Maag.
(c) Jöchler.
(d) Sepp Maag.

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

10. How does Maix react to Harrer's proposed book about the Eiger?
(a) Negatively.
(b) With concern and caution.
(c) With encouragement, but also frustration.
(d) Enthusiastically.

11. Which two members of the party injured their hands on the ascent?
(a) Heckmair and Vörg.
(b) Kasparek and Harrer.
(c) Heckmair and Harrer.
(d) Kasparek and Vörg.

12. What phrase do newspapers use to describe the rush of climbers heading for the North Face?
(a) Ice Field Flurry.
(b) White Spider Craze.
(c) Eiger Storm.
(d) North Face Fever.

13. Where was Detassis injured?
(a) His arm.
(b) His back.
(c) His foot.
(d) His leg.

14. How many climbers were in the group including Hermann Buhl by the time they reached the summit in July 1952?
(a) Nine.
(b) Six.
(c) Seven.
(d) Eight.

15. How many climbers were there in the first party to attempt to climb the North Face?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Rebitch and Vörg end their third day?

2. What did the first description of the North Face from above say about it?

3. Where was Harrer attending school, in 1938?

4. How did Heckmair survive the avalanche at the Spider?

5. What did Rebisch and Vörg do to make a place to spend the night on the mountain?

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