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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. Where did Otto and Sepp Maag join up with Buhl and his partner?
(a) The Third Ice Field.
(b) The Mittellegi Hut.
(c) The Second Ice Field.
(d) The Rote Fluh.

2. What aspect of climbing does Harrer want to focus on in his book?
(a) The nature conserevation side of climbing.
(b) The human side of climbing.
(c) The technical side of climbing.
(d) The heroic side of climbing.

3. What two occupations does Kurt Maix have?
(a) Natualist and biographer.
(b) Mountaineer and biographer.
(c) Journalist and mountaineer.
(d) Journalist and naturalist.

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 Third Ice Field from the Second Ice Field.
(c) A new route to the First Ice Field.
(d) A new route to the Second Ice Field from the First Ice Field..

5. How many climbers were in the first ascent to the top of the North Face?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Pierre Julien and Maurice Coutin climb the North Face?

2. What trapped Primas and Gollackner on the mountain?

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

4. What day did Harrer and Kasparek begin their 1938 climb of the North Face?

5. Why did Fraissl and Brankowski turn back?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the reaction to Harrer telling a doctor in Lhasa that he was among the first party to climb the North Face.

3. Describe the ascent of Buhl, Jöchler, the Maags, and the French through the Ramp.

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

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

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

7. Was there rivalry between the parties attempting to climb the North Face in 1937?

8. What did the author mean by "Come back safe, my friends"?

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

10. What knowledge did Sedlmayer and Mehringer have and lack when they attempted to climb the North Face?

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