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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many bivouacs did Spanish climbers Albert Rabada and Ernesto Navarra make before reaching the Spider?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

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

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

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

6. What happened to Lugmayer during the climb?
(a) He was injured in a watershed.
(b) He lost his pack.
(c) He slipped and was caught by Ratay's rope.
(d) He was hit by a stone.

7. What antagonistic action did observers note the climbers doing?
(a) The party in the lead would knock ice down the mountain.
(b) The parties would push past each other in the climb instead of joining.
(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.

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

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

10. How long did it take Hilti von Allmen and Ueli Hürlimann to ascend the North Face?
(a) 14 hours.
(b) 10 hours.
(c) 22 hours.
(d) 18 hours.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Was Nothdurft's diary found?

2. What area of the mountain is the Silver Trench on?

3. What makes the Silver Trench silver?

4. 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?

5. What did Tonella think of Corti's description of what happened?

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