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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many parties attempted to climb the North Face in 1954 and 1955?
(a) Two.
(b) None.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

2. Was Nothdurft's diary found?
(a) Yes, but it contained no entries.
(b) No, only a few unhelpful pages.
(c) Yes, but the entries were eroded.
(d) No, no trace of it was found.

3. 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.

4. When was the fifteenth ascent of the North Face of the Eiger made by two Austrian students?
(a) July 1958.
(b) June 1958.
(c) August 1958.
(d) September 1958.

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

6. 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 Second Ice Field to the Third Ice Field.
(c) A cliff from the Spider to the summit.
(d) A cliff from the First Ice Field to the Second Ice Field.

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

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

9. How many climbers successfully climbed the North Face in 1962?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Forty-four.
(c) Three.
(d) Twenty-one.

10. 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.

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

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

13. According to Corti's report, what happened to him at the Spider?
(a) He was hit in the head by a stone.
(b) He hurt his hand on a piton.
(c) He broke a rib in an avalanche.
(d) He sprained his ankle in a rockslide.

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

15. How did Mayr climb from the First Ice Field to the Second Ice Field?
(a) Straight up a rock.
(b) In a longer, less steep crevice pathway.
(c) By cutting ice steps up a slope.
(d) Through a traverse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Lugmayer during the climb?

2. What doubts were raised about Toni Hiebeler, Toni Kinschofer, Anderl Mannhardt, and Walter Almberger's climb of the North Face in 1961?

3. What did Corti say happened to Günther Nothdurft and Franz Mayer as they started out to climb the North Face?

4. How did Reiss describe the thunderstorm that was going on when he reached the summit?

5. How far behind Radovan KuchaÅ™ and Zdeno Zibrin were the Polish team who reached the summit the same day?

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