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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 Harrer and Kasparek camp after their first day climbing the North Face?
(a) Below the Third Ice Field.
(b) At the Flatiron.
(c) Below the Second Ice Field.
(d) At the Death Bivouac.

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

3. What warning did the Swiss government issue to climbers?
(a) A warning not to attempt to climb during June or July due to bad weather.
(b) A warning that the Eiger's North Face would be prohibited if there were another accident.
(c) A warning that climbing the mountain was prohibited.
(d) A warning that rescue and recovery efforts were not guaranteed.

4. What did Toni Kurz's party say to Allmen when he called to them?
(a) That they were going to separate.
(b) That they needed help.
(c) That they would be down soon.
(d) That they were going to attempt to climb up again.

5. Which of the following pairs climbed the North Face in one day in July 1952, the seventh ascent?
(a) Otto and Sepp Maag.
(b) Sepp Larch and Karl Winter.
(c) Heinrich Harrer and Erich Vanis.
(d) Pierre Julien and Maurice Coutin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was the Eiger's North Face still climbed?

2. Who was the first mountaineer to climb the Eiger?

3. Preparing for the final ascent, what did the climbers do with their unnecessary provisions?

4. Where did Rebitch and Vörg end the fourth day of their climb?

5. What nationality was the second team to successfully climb the North Face?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Maix and Harrer's collaboration.

4. What research did Harrer do for his book?

5. When Allmen checked on the mountaineers he knew were climbing toward him, what did he find?

6. Describe the White Spider.

7. What blocked the descent from Buhl and Jöchler's bivouac spot below the Rote Fluh?

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

9. What seemed unexplainable about Primas and Gollackner's actions on their climb?

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

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