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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do observers say that Corti and Longhi joined together with Nothdurft and Mayer?
(a) At the First Ice Field.
(b) At the Second Ice Field.
(c) Near the Spider.
(d) A the Swallow's Nest.

2. What did the friend Nothdurft and Mayer visited before leaving think of Nothdurft's behavior on the mountain?
(a) Nothdurft's behavior seemed only slightly out of character.
(b) Nothdurft's behavior seemed normal.
(c) Nothdurft's behavior seemed inexplicable.
(d) Nothdurft's behavior seemed explicable, considering what Nothdurft told the friend before leaving.

3. Who did Nothdurft and Mayer visit before their climb, after they left the inn?
(a) Kurt Diemberger.
(b) Heinrich Harrer.
(c) Wolfgang Stefan.
(d) Max Eiselin.

4. What new technology did climbers on the ground think might be used to attempt to rescue Longhi?
(a) New rope swings.
(b) New steel cables.
(c) New types of pitons.
(d) New rope ladders.

5. How many parties attempted to climb the North Face in 1954 and 1955?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

6. What happened to Lugmayer during the climb?
(a) He lost his pack.
(b) He was injured in a watershed.
(c) He was hit by a stone.
(d) He slipped and was caught by Ratay's rope.

7. How many climbers successfully climbed the North Face in 1962?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Forty-four.
(c) Three.
(d) Twenty-one.

8. What put the claims of two Swiss climbers who said they climbed the North Face in one day in doubt?
(a) Testimony of the Swiss climbers' families.
(b) Testimony of other climbers.
(c) Testimony of witnesses from the ground.
(d) Photos.

9. What nationality were Erich Vanis, Hans Ratay, and Karl Lugmayer?
(a) French.
(b) Austrian.
(c) German.
(d) Swiss.

10. How did Helmuth Drachsler and Walter Gstrein climb past the Spider?
(a) Up the center of the Spider.
(b) Up a wall to the right.
(c) They didn't.
(d) Up a wall to the left.

11. How many parties successfully climbed the North Face in 1952?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three
(d) Six.

12. What nationality were Helmuth Drachsler and Walter Gstrein?
(a) Austrian.
(b) Swiss.
(c) German.
(d) American.

13. How did Mayr climb from the First Ice Field to the Second Ice Field?
(a) Straight up a rock.
(b) In a longer, less steep crevice pathway.
(c) Through a traverse.
(d) By cutting ice steps up a slope.

14. How many bivouacs did Spanish climbers Albert Rabada and Ernesto Navarra make before reaching the Spider?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

15. Why did Karl Blach take Huber's place?
(a) Huber was feeling ill.
(b) Huber twisted his ankle.
(c) Huber was injured in an avalanche.
(d) Huber was injured by a rock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Söhnel and Moosmüller on their attempt to climb the North Face in 1956?

2. Where was solo climber Diether Marchart on the mountain's face when he fell and died?

3. What area of the mountain is the Silver Trench on?

4. When was the fifteenth ascent of the North Face of the Eiger made by two Austrian students?

5. What profession were Adolf Derungs and Lukas Albrecht, who made the 16th successful ascent up the North Face?

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