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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. How far did Schlunegger and Krähenbühl climb in 1946 before having to climb back down?
(a) Above the Second Ice Field.
(b) Above the Ramp.
(c) Above the First Ice Field.
(d) To the Spider.

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

3. What caused the people on the ground to lose sight of the first climbers up the North Face on their third day?
(a) A curve around the mountain.
(b) A ledge of the mountain.
(c) Heavy snowfall.
(d) A cloud of mist.

4. What did the press call the North Face?
(a) Unbesteigbar.
(b) Todesberg.
(c) Todesgesicht.
(d) Mordwand.

5. What happened to Kasparek at the Ramp?
(a) He was hit by a rock.
(b) He caught his hand in a rope.
(c) He was washed down by a sudden tide of melting ice.
(d) He slipped but was caught by Harrer's rope.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Toni Kurz die?

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

3. What quality does Maix say Harrer has that qualifies him to write about the Eiger?

4. What two occupations does Kurt Maix have?

5. Where did Rebitch and Vörg end their third day?

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. Why did Heckmair and Vörg turn back from their climb on July 21?

3. What are the hazards on the North Face when the ice is melted?

4. Who were the climbers forced out of Switzerland in 1937?

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

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

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

8. After Buhl, Jöchler, the Maags, and the French traveled up the Spider, in what arrangement did they bivouac?

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

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

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