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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 made the last successful ascent of the North Face in 1961
(a) Erich Streng and Robert Troier.
(b) Hilti von Allmen and Ueli Hürlimann.
(c) Gerhard Mayer and Karl Frehsner.
(d) Georg Huber and Helmut Wagner.

2. How long was Paul Etter and Martin Epp's ascent up the North Face?
(a) Five days.
(b) A day and a half.
(c) Three days.
(d) 13 hours.

3. How far did Karl Blach initially say he would guide Jürgen Wallenkamp and Bernd Huber on their climb up the North Face?
(a) To the Difficult Crack.
(b) To the Swallow's Nest.
(c) To the Ramp.
(d) To the Third Ice Field.

4. What happened to Lugmayer during the climb?
(a) He slipped and was caught by Ratay's rope.
(b) He was hit by a stone.
(c) He lost his pack.
(d) He was injured in a watershed.

5. What put the claims of two Swiss climbers who said they climbed the North Face in one day in doubt?
(a) Testimony of other climbers.
(b) Photos.
(c) Testimony of the Swiss climbers' families.
(d) Testimony of witnesses from the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did von Almen watch Mayr's ascent?

2. How did Longhi and Corti's climb up the North Face begin?

3. What relative of Nothdurft arrived in Grindelwald to await the rescue efforts?

4. What caused Boulaz, Attinger, Vaucher, and Darbellay to turn back?

5. How many climbers were killed on the North Face in 1962?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Mayr's climb seem to slow?

2. What made the Difficult Crack and the Hinterstoisser Traverse easier to climb for Mayr than for early climbers?

3. What was the weather like during Erich Vanis, Hans Ratay, and Karl Lugmayer's first night on the mountain in 1952?

4. What happened to Erich Vanis, Hans Ratay, and Karl Lugmayer on the Ice Bulge?

5. What does Harrer say about Corti's knowledge of the North Face of the Eiger?

6. What contradictions are there in Corti's accounts of Nothdurft during the climb?

7. What information does Harrer offer in the later appended chapters about his treatment of Corti's story and the facts about Nothdurft's death?

8. What were Nothdurft and Mayers' families reactions to the tragedy?

9. What happened in the attempts to climb the North Face in 1953?

10. What is the controversy about the photograph of the German climbers on the mountain?

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