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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. What did Kasparek do to make progress over the Second Ice Field easier?
(a) He strung a rope across the ice field.
(b) He sprinkled salt on the ice.
(c) He hacked steps into the ice with an axe.
(d) He crushed the top layer of ice with a grinding tool.

2. How many nights did Pierre Julien and Maurice Coutin spend on the mountain during their 1952 climb?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

3. Which two members of the party injured their hands on the ascent?
(a) Kasparek and Harrer.
(b) Heckmair and Vörg.
(c) Kasparek and Vörg.
(d) Heckmair and Harrer.

4. Who did Harrer tell about his plans to climb the North Face?
(a) No one.
(b) Only his future mother-in-law.
(c) Only his family.
(d) Only his future wife.

5. What did the climbers do that blocked their path back down?
(a) They removed pitons from the rocks as they climbed.
(b) They inadvertently caused a rockslide that covered a climbable path.
(c) They created a base camp that interfered with the path.
(d) They took away a rope from a traverse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Guiseppe Piravano and Bruno Detassis's ultimate goal in attempting to climb the North Face?

2. What type of weather hit when Terray and Lachenal reached the Spider, during their climb in 1946?

3. How many climbers were in the first ascent to the top of the North Face?

4. Why did Rebitsch and Vörg start up the northeast face of the mountain?

5. Where did Harrer and Kasparek camp after their first day climbing the North Face?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the first climb up the Eiger.

2. What did Kurz have to do to try to reach the rescuers?

3. What did Rebitsch and Vörg do, after a harrowing climb on the mountain, when they learned that Gollackner had died on the mountain?

4. What were Otto and Sepp Maag doing when they first encountered Buhl and Jöchler in July 1952?

5. Describe Maix and Harrer's collaboration.

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

7. Where did rescuers start from to try to rescue Toni Kurz?

8. When Australian and Swiss teams both climbed the North Face at approximately the same time, how far apart did they reach the summit?

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

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

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