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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. Where did Otto and Sepp Maag join up with Buhl and his partner?
(a) The Third Ice Field.
(b) The Rote Fluh.
(c) The Second Ice Field.
(d) The Mittellegi Hut.

4. 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) Heinrich Harrer and Erich Vanis.
(c) Pierre Julien and Maurice Coutin.
(d) Otto and Sepp Maag.

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

6. What did the first description of the North Face from above say about it?
(a) That it was beautiful and impossible to climb.
(b) That it would be an easy climb.
(c) That climbing it would be a challenge for future decades.
(d) That climbing it would be a challenge soon overcome.

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

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

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

10. In what month did Toni Kurz and his party begin their climb up the North Face?
(a) June.
(b) September.
(c) July.
(d) August.

11. When was the Northeast Face of the Eiger first climbed?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1922.

12. What problem did Heckmair have during the night?
(a) His stomach was upset.
(b) His rope sling began to slip.
(c) His hands began to freeze.
(d) Rocks slid down and hit his arm.

13. What does Maix say the truth about the North Face of the Eiger will provide?
(a) A warning to climbers.
(b) A nostalgic journey for those who have climbed.
(c) An excuse for over-legislation.
(d) A chronicle for history.

14. How many nights did Pierre Julien and Maurice Coutin spend on the mountain during their 1952 climb?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

15. Where did Rebitch and Vörg end their third day?
(a) The Swallow's Nest.
(b) The Mittellegi Hut.
(c) The railroad tunnel.
(d) The Death Bivouac.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many climbers were in the first ascent to the top of 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. How did the mountaineer who first climbed the Eiger write his account?

4. What year did Harrer escape from the prison camp?

5. Why did Heckmair and Vörg have modern equipment for their climb?

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