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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 inexplicable.
(c) Nothdurft's behavior seemed explicable, considering what Nothdurft told the friend before leaving.
(d) Nothdurft's behavior seemed normal.

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

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

4. How many nights did Corti, Longhi, Nothdurft and Mayer bivouac on the North Face?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Seven.

5. How far behind Radovan KuchaÅ™ and Zdeno Zibrin were the Polish team who reached the summit the same day?
(a) 6 hours.
(b) 14 hours.
(c) 10 hours.
(d) 2 hours.

6. 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) A the Swallow's Nest.
(d) Near the Spider.

7. What caused Boulaz, Attinger, Vaucher, and Darbellay to turn back?
(a) A lost pack of equipment and supplies.
(b) Attinger was il.
(c) Boulaz was injured.
(d) Bad weather.

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

9. What site was Alfred Hellepart lowered down to for the rescue attempt?
(a) The Ice Fluh.
(b) Corti's bivouac tent.
(c) The precipice where Longhi was trapped.
(d) The Third Ice Field.

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

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

12. What did Corti do when he could not lift Longhi up onto the ledge?
(a) He left Longhi and climbed up, promising to send rescue.
(b) He left Longhi, promising to return with the other two climbers on the mountain.
(c) He stayed with Longhi and tried to signal for help.
(d) He left Longhi and climbed down, promising to send rescue.

13. Where did Erich Vanis, Hans Ratay, and Karl Lugmayer bivouac their first night on the mountain in 1952?
(a) Above the Second Ice Field.
(b) At the Swallow's Nest.
(c) At the Ramp.
(d) At the Mittellegi Hut.

14. What happened to Söhnel and Moosmüller on their attempt to climb the North Face in 1956?
(a) They were injured by falling rocks.
(b) They were trapped in an avalanche.
(c) They were knocked off the mountain.
(d) They became ill and had to descend.

15. 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?
(a) Corti and Longhi.
(b) Vaucher and Attinger.
(c) Etter and Henkel.
(d) Gonda and Wyss.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Guido Tonella interview Corti?

2. How many climbers successfully climbed the North Face in 1962?

3. What date did Erich Vanis, Hans Ratay, and Karl Lugmayer arrive at the North Face?

4. How long was Paul Etter and Martin Epp's ascent up the North Face?

5. What happened to Lugmayer during the climb?

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