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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What date did Erich Vanis, Hans Ratay, and Karl Lugmayer arrive at the North Face?
(a) August 5, 1952.
(b) July 25, 1952.
(c) July 15, 1952.
(d) August 15, 1952.

3. What did Hellepart give Corti when he first contacted him?
(a) Bread.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Cigarettes.

4. On July 31, 1962, how many parties reached the summit of the Eiger from the North Face?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

5. What did Longhi reportedly shout to rescuers?
(a) That he knew Corti would send help.
(b) That he didn't know what happened to Corti.
(c) That he wanted to apologize to Corti.
(d) That he thought Corti was dead.

6. What day did the innkeeper in Grindelwald say that Nothdurft and Mayer left for the climb?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Monday.

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

8. How many climbers were killed on the North Face in 1962?
(a) Seven.
(b) None.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

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

10. What year was the final section of the book added?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1963.

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

12. What antagonistic action did observers note the climbers doing?
(a) The parties would push past each other in the climb instead of joining.
(b) The party in the lead would knock ice down the mountain.
(c) The party in the lead would take out their pitons instead of leaving them for followers.
(d) The party in the lead would destroy the steps they made in the ice.

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

14. 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.

15. Who made the last successful ascent of the North Face in 1961
(a) Georg Huber and Helmut Wagner.
(b) Gerhard Mayer and Karl Frehsner.
(c) Hilti von Allmen and Ueli Hürlimann.
(d) Erich Streng and Robert Troier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality were Helmuth Drachsler and Walter Gstrein?

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

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

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

5. What put the claims of two Swiss climbers who said they climbed the North Face in one day in doubt?

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