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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. Which two members of the party injured their hands on the ascent?
(a) Kasparek and Vörg.
(b) Kasparek and Harrer.
(c) Heckmair and Harrer.
(d) Heckmair and Vörg.

2. When did Pierre Julien and Maurice Coutin climb the North Face?
(a) June 1952.
(b) August 1952.
(c) July 1952.
(d) September 1952.

3. How many day's'provisions did the first climbers to attempt the North Face bring?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

4. In 1950, where did North Face climbers Hamel and Seiler escape to after a blizzard?
(a) The railway tunnel.
(b) The Mittellegi Hut.
(c) The Kleine Scheidegg.
(d) The Swallow's Nest.

5. On Rebitsch and Vörg's return to the base of the North Face later in the month, what do they decide to do?
(a) Carve footholds in the lower part of the steep slope.
(b) Place ropes across treacherous areas of their intended climb.
(c) Create a well-stocked camp a day's climb up the mountain.
(d) Stock food and water at good locations up the slope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say that true climbers want, in his criticism of media coverage of attempts to climb the North Face?

2. What did the press call the North Face?

3. How many climbers were in the first ascent to the top of the North Face?

4. Where was Detassis injured?

5. Where did the French party join up with Buhl and his group on the 1952 climb?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the White Spider.

5. What did the climbers do on their last night on the mountain before reaching the summit?

6. Where did rescuers start from to try to rescue Toni Kurz?

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

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

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

10. How did Fritz Kasparek and Harrer meet?

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