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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 Rebisch and Vörg do to make a place to spend the night on the mountain?
(a) They made a makeshift hut.
(b) They made a shelter of rocks.
(c) They made camp with their tents.
(d) They cut seats in the ice.

2. When do Rebitsch and Vörg finally attempt their climb?
(a) In the third week of August.
(b) In the last week of July.
(c) In the first week of August.
(d) In the second week of August.

3. When was the first attempt to climb the North Face?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1925.

4. When Franz Primas and Bertl Gollackner climbed the Lauper Route, what did Gollackner accidentally leave behind?
(a) His food.
(b) His water.
(c) His tent.
(d) His pitons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Harrer escape to?

2. When they arrived at the Eiger in 1936, what new route did Angerer and Rainer want to try on the North Face?

3. Where was Detassis injured?

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

5. How did newspapers react to plans to climb the North Face in 1937?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the author characterize past writing about the Eiger?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What metaphor did the author use to describe the societal function of mountain climbing?

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