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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 the mountain had gotten the better of him.
(d) Bonatti said he would try again the following year.

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

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

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

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

7. Where did Boulaz, Attinger, Vaucher, and Darbellay bivouac on their second night?
(a) At the Swallow's Nest.
(b) At the Mittellegi Hut.
(c) Near the Ice Hose.
(d) Near the Ramp.

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

9. How far did Karl Blach initially say he would guide Jürgen Wallenkamp and Bernd Huber on their climb up the North Face?
(a) To the Ramp.
(b) To the Swallow's Nest.
(c) To the Third Ice Field.
(d) To the Difficult Crack.

10. 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 how the climbers used the window from the train tracks.
(c) Doubts about whether the climbers ever actually made the summit.
(d) Doubt about how the climbers used past climbers' ropes and pitons.

11. 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.

12. What did Radovan KuchaÅ™ and Zdeno Zibrin lose on the Second Ice Field?
(a) A harnass.
(b) A rope.
(c) A food pack.
(d) An axe.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Nothdurft and Mayer visit before their climb, after they left the inn?

2. What new technology did climbers on the ground think might be used to attempt to rescue Longhi?

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

4. What year was the final section of the book added?

5. What nationality were Helmuth Drachsler and Walter Gstrein?

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