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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Harrer write about the North Face of the Eiger?
(a) It is the side that he chose to climb.
(b) It is the only climbable face.
(c) It was the first side climbed.
(d) It is the hardest to climb.

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

4. Where did Harrer and Kasparek have breakfast, at the beginning of their ascent up the North Face?
(a) The Gallery Window.
(b) The Swallow's Nest.
(c) The Flatiron.
(d) The Mittellegi Hut.

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

6. 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.

7. What quality does Maix say Harrer has that qualifies him to write about the Eiger?
(a) He has been both a climber and a guide.
(b) He has met many men who successfully climbed the Eiger.
(c) He has climbed the North Face.
(d) He has been a professional climber.

8. How many parties left the Eiger without an attempt to climb the North Face in 1937, due to bad weather?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

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

10. How many day's'provisions did the first climbers to attempt the North Face bring?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

11. When do Rebitsch and Vörg finally attempt their climb?
(a) In the last week of July.
(b) In the second week of August.
(c) In the first week of August.
(d) In the third week of August.

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

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

14. What country was Harrer imprisoned in during World War II?
(a) India.
(b) Turkey.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

15. What day did Harrer and Kasparek begin their 1938 climb of the North Face?
(a) July 7.
(b) July 21.
(c) July 28.
(d) July 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Guiseppe Piravano and Bruno Detassis's ultimate goal in attempting to climb the North Face?

2. 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?

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

4. Why did the Austrians climbers Waschak and Forstenlechner stop climbing and wait at the Spider during their ascent?

5. What happened to the two climbers who arrived at the North Face early in the summer of 1936?

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