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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 and climbed down, promising to send rescue.
(c) He left Longhi, promising to return with the other two climbers on the mountain.
(d) He stayed with Longhi and tried to signal for help.

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

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

4. What did Bonatti say about why he turned back, ending his climb attempt?
(a) Bonatti said the climb wasn't worth risking his life.
(b) Bonatti said the weather wasn't right for the climb.
(c) Bonatti said he would try again the following year.
(d) Bonatti said the mountain had gotten the better of him.

5. Who made the first successful solo attempt to climb the North Face?
(a) Arnold Heinen.
(b) Paul Etter.
(c) Michel Darbellay.
(d) Erich Friedli, Jr.

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

7. When did Helmut Salger and Horst Wels climb the North Face?
(a) June, 1963.
(b) September, 1963.
(c) July, 1963.
(d) August, 1963.

8. Was the filmed climb of Lothar Brandler, Jörg Lehne, and Sigfried Löw up the North Face successful?
(a) No, but the film made it seem successful.
(b) Yes, but the film was unusable.
(c) No, the weather conditions were too harsh.
(d) Yes, for two of the climbers.

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

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

11. How did Radovan KuchaÅ™ and Zdeno Zibrin climb up to the Exit Cracks?
(a) Up the rocks, bypassing the Spider.
(b) Up the Spider, amidst rock and water falls.
(c) Up the Spider in avalanche conditions.
(d) Through a traverse along the edge of the spider.

12. 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 the climbers used the window from the train tracks.
(b) Doubts about how filming of the climb affected the climbers.
(c) Doubt about how the climbers used past climbers' ropes and pitons.
(d) Doubts about whether the climbers ever actually made the summit.

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

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

15. How did Longhi and Corti's climb up the North Face begin?
(a) They got on the wrong route.
(b) Longhi's rope broke, and they had to return.
(c) They forgot Corti's food and had to return.
(d) They got caught in a snowstorm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hellepart give Corti when he first contacted him?

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

3. Where were Nothdurft and Mayer's bodies finally found?

4. According to Fritz von Almen's warning to Mayr, when would crossing the Third Ice Field be dangerous?

5. How many climbers were killed on the North Face in 1962?

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