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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. Who was the first mountaineer to climb the Eiger?
(a) Charles Barrington.
(b) Andres Monteau.
(c) John Shaeffer.
(d) Brendon Messering.

2. What happened on Reiss and Blach's attempt to climb the North Face in 1950?
(a) Blach lost his pack.
(b) Blach broke his arm.
(c) Reiss injured his head.
(d) Reiss became ill.

3. What did Von Allmen make, as he waited for Toni Kurz and his group of climbers?
(a) Tea.
(b) Hot cider.
(c) Hot chocolate.
(d) Coffee.

4. How did Heckmair survive the avalanche at the Spider?
(a) He was held by his piton.
(b) He held on to Kasparek.
(c) He was partially sheltered by an overhang.
(d) He held himself with an axe.

5. Where did Harrer and Kasparek have breakfast, at the beginning of their ascent up the North Face?
(a) The Swallow's Nest.
(b) The Gallery Window.
(c) The Flatiron.
(d) The Mittellegi Hut.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the climb did Toni Kurz and his party turn back?

2. What did the press call the North Face?

3. Who led the climb down the mountain after the ascent?

4. How many climbers were in the group including Hermann Buhl by the time they reached the summit in July 1952?

5. Why did Austrians Waschak and Forstenlechner delay their start, while a party of four Swiss climbers began an ascent up the North Face in 1950?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the first climb up the Eiger.

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

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

7. Describe the White Spider.

8. Describe Maix and Harrer's collaboration.

9. What is the author's position on the psychology of seeking danger?

10. How did Fritz Kasparek and Harrer meet?

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