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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Preparing for the final ascent, what did the climbers do with their unnecessary provisions?
(a) Bury them in the snow.
(b) Slide them down to a lower point.
(c) Leave them on the mountain.
(d) Throw them off a cliff.

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

3. On Rebitsch and Vörg's return to the base of the North Face later in the month, what do they decide to do?
(a) Carve footholds in the lower part of the steep slope.
(b) Create a well-stocked camp a day's climb up the mountain.
(c) Place ropes across treacherous areas of their intended climb.
(d) Stock food and water at good locations up the slope.

4. In 1950, where did North Face climbers Hamel and Seiler escape to after a blizzard?
(a) The Swallow's Nest.
(b) The Mittellegi Hut.
(c) The railway tunnel.
(d) The Kleine Scheidegg.

5. 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) Patience, calm, sense, and courage.
(d) Courage, playfulness, self-confidence, and pride.

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

7. Who was the first mountaineer to climb the Eiger?
(a) Charles Barrington.
(b) Andres Monteau.
(c) Brendon Messering.
(d) John Shaeffer.

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

9. Where did Rebitsch and Vörg climb to, after spending the night on the mountain?
(a) The Death Bivouac.
(b) The railroad tunnel.
(c) The Hintertoisser Traverse.
(d) The Mittellegi Hut.

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

11. How far did the first party to attempt to climb the North Face go on their second day?
(a) 300 feet up and across the First Ice Field.
(b) 1,200 feet up and across the First Ice Field.
(c) 600 feet up and across the First Ice Field.
(d) 900 feet up and across the First Ice Field.

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

13. How many climbers were in Toni Kurz's group?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

14. 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) They were concerned about the weather.
(c) They did not want to compete with the Swiss climbers.
(d) Waschak was beginning to become ill.

15. When was the first attempt to climb the North Face?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1905.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Northeast Face of the Eiger first climbed?

2. What did the press call the North Face?

3. What quality does Maix say Harrer has that qualifies him to write about the Eiger?

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

5. What disadvantage did the Maags have during their climb?

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