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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Harrer suggest happened on the climb?
(a) Despite appearances, Nothdurft's party was climbing along with Corti and Longhi.
(b) Corti and Longhi were trapped beind Nothdurft's party.
(c) The parties were unaware of each other for much of the climb.
(d) Nothdurft's party was trapped behind Corti and Longhi.

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

3. What did Derungs and Albrecht use instead of a bivouac bag on their ascent up the North Face?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A wool blanket.
(c) An overcoat.
(d) A tablecloth.

4. Where was solo climber Diether Marchart on the mountain's face when he fell and died?
(a) On the Hinterstoisser Traverse.
(b) On the Spider.
(c) On the Third Ice Field.
(d) Between the First Ice Field and the Second Ice Field.

5. What cliff on the North Face did Karl Reiss attempt to climb?
(a) A cliff from the Spider to the summit.
(b) A cliff from the Third Ice Field to the Spider.
(c) A cliff from the Second Ice Field to the Third Ice Field.
(d) A cliff from the First Ice Field to the Second Ice Field.

6. How many climbers were on the North Face between August 19 and August 23 of 1962?
(a) 10.
(b) 4.
(c) 16.
(d) 22.

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

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

9. What did Edmund Geer and Wolfang Görter do while Derungs and Albrecht were climbing the North Face?
(a) They descended the North Face from the summit.
(b) They published articles about the climb.
(c) They followed behind the young climbers.
(d) They filmed the climb.

10. Where did Guido Tonella interview Corti?
(a) At the base of the North Face.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) On the mountain.
(d) In a hotel.

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

12. In 1957, what traces of Nothdurft and Mayer did search parties find?
(a) Mayer's body but not Nothdurft.
(b) None.
(c) Indications that they had gotten lost on the way to the summit.
(d) Indications that they had made the summit but been unable to descend.

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

14. How did Reiss describe the thunderstorm that was going on when he reached the summit?
(a) As a tribulation.
(b) As the last straw.
(c) As a welcome respite.
(d) As good conditions.

15. How many successful ascents of the North Face were made in 1956?
(a) None.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Corti's report, what happened to him at the Spider?

2. Whose climb up the North Face was reclassified as a success between the original publication of the book and the addition of the appended section?

3. How did Longhi and Corti's climb up the North Face begin?

4. How did Radovan KuchaÅ™ and Zdeno Zibrin climb up to the Exit Cracks?

5. How many nights did Corti, Longhi, Nothdurft and Mayer bivouac on the North Face?

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