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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the Austrians climbers Waschak and Forstenlechner stop climbing and wait at the Spider during their ascent?
(a) Forstenlechner was injured.
(b) Waschak felt ill.
(c) They didn't want to finish the ascent before the Swiss.
(d) They ran out of supplies.

2. After Buhl collapsed, who took the lead of the party?
(a) Sepp Maag.
(b) Rébuffat.
(c) Otto Maag.
(d) Jöchler.

3. Preparing for the final ascent, what did the climbers do with their unnecessary provisions?
(a) Leave them on the mountain.
(b) Slide them down to a lower point.
(c) Bury them in the snow.
(d) Throw them off a cliff.

4. When they arrived at the Eiger in 1936, what new route did Angerer and Rainer want to try on the North Face?
(a) A new route to the White Spider from the Third Ice Field.
(b) A new route to the First Ice Field.
(c) A new route to the Second Ice Field from the First Ice Field..
(d) A new route to the Third Ice Field from the Second Ice Field.

5. How does Harrer view change and the Eiger mountain?
(a) He sees the Eiger as changing in short bursts.
(b) He sees the Eiger as always changing.
(c) He sees the Eiger as ever changing.
(d) He sees the Eiger as resisting change and changing slowly.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the summer of 1936, what caused Toni Kurz and his group of climbers to turn back?

2. How many climbers were in Toni Kurz's group?

3. What caused the people on the ground to lose sight of the first climbers up the North Face on their third day?

4. What did Toni Kurz's party say to Allmen when he called to them?

5. What phrase do newspapers use to describe the rush of climbers heading for the North Face?

Short Essay Questions

1. On his ascent up the North Face, what did Harrer remember seeing while he was climbing a peak as a child?

2. What did the climbers do on their last night on the mountain before reaching the summit?

3. How were photos taken of the climbers traversing toward the Spider?

4. How does Harrer portray the climbers' relations with the newspapermen?

5. What unusual attempt to climb the North Face did Fuchs and Monney consider but then reject?

6. Describe the first climb up the Eiger.

7. What happened to Bartolo Sandri and Mario Menti, who attempted to climb the North Face early in the summer of 1938?

8. Describe the end of Sedlmayer and Mehringer's attempt to climb the North Face.

9. Describe the White Spider.

10. How did Fritz Kasparek and Harrer meet?

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