The White Spider: The Story of the North Face of the Eiger Test | Final Test - Easy

Heinrich Harrer
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 142 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The White Spider: The Story of the North Face of the Eiger Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many women were in the team who attempted to climb the North Face in July, 1962?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

2. What area of the mountain is the Silver Trench on?
(a) The Spider.
(b) The Third Ice Field.
(c) The Second Ice Field.
(d) The Ramp.

3. Where were Nothdurft and Mayer's bodies finally found?
(a) At the top of the mountain near the west face.
(b) At the top of the Spider.
(c) Lower down the east face of the mountain.
(d) Near the Ramp.

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

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

6. How far did Italian climber Walter Bonatti get in his solo attempt to climb the North Face in 1963?
(a) The First Ice Field.
(b) The Spider.
(c) The Third Ice Field.
(d) The Second Ice Field.

7. What did Corti say happened to Günther Nothdurft and Franz Mayer as they started out to climb the North Face?
(a) Mayer began to get ill.
(b) They lost their equipment.
(c) They had an argument and could not get along.
(d) Mayer twisted his ankle.

8. What day did Sefano Longhi and Claudio Corti begin to climb the North Face?
(a) August 3, 1957.
(b) July 23, 1957.
(c) July 3, 1957.
(d) July 13, 1957.

9. How did von Almen watch Mayr's ascent?
(a) From an airplane.
(b) Through a telescope.
(c) From the foot of the North Face with binoculars.
(d) From the railway window.

10. What happened to the party of three climbers in 1958 who climbed to the Flatiron before one was injured by a stone?
(a) They descended the mountain, but one died in a fall.
(b) They were stranded on the mountain and died.
(c) They climbed down to the Gallery Window the next day.
(d) They were taken off the mountain by rescuers.

11. What doubts were raised about Toni Hiebeler, Toni Kinschofer, Anderl Mannhardt, and Walter Almberger's climb of the North Face in 1961?
(a) Doubt about how the climbers used past climbers' ropes and pitons.
(b) Doubts about how filming of the climb affected the climbers.
(c) Doubts about whether the climbers ever actually made the summit.
(d) Doubts about how the climbers used the window from the train tracks.

12. What makes the Silver Trench silver?
(a) Light gleaming off the ice.
(b) A vein of silver in the mountain.
(c) Glittering light on a rushing stream.
(d) Glassy gray rocks rising up through the snow.

13. What relative of Nothdurft arrived in Grindelwald to await the rescue efforts?
(a) His father.
(b) His brother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His mother.

14. What profession were Adolf Derungs and Lukas Albrecht, who made the 16th successful ascent up the North Face?
(a) Bank tellers.
(b) Bricklayers.
(c) Carpenters.
(d) Ski instructors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What antagonistic action did observers note the climbers doing?

2. What did Derungs and Albrecht use instead of a bivouac bag on their ascent up the North Face?

3. What does Harrer recommend to climbers for protection from rocks?

4. What did Radovan KuchaÅ™ and Zdeno Zibrin lose on the Second Ice Field?

5. What nationality were Helmuth Drachsler and Walter Gstrein?

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