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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 does Maix react to Harrer's proposed book about the Eiger?
(a) With concern and caution.
(b) With encouragement, but also frustration.
(c) Enthusiastically.
(d) Negatively.

2. Where did Rebitch and Vörg end their third day?
(a) The Death Bivouac.
(b) The railroad tunnel.
(c) The Mittellegi Hut.
(d) The Swallow's Nest.

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

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

5. How many nights did Pierre Julien and Maurice Coutin spend on the mountain during their 1952 climb?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Allmen call to Toni Kurz and his party from?

2. How far did the first party to attempt to climb the North Face go on their second day?

3. How many parties left the Eiger without an attempt to climb the North Face in 1937, due to bad weather?

4. What did Toni Kurz's party say to Allmen when he called to them?

5. What caused the people on the ground to lose sight of the first climbers up the North Face on their third day?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the first climb up the Eiger.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What research did Harrer do for his book?

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

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