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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. Was Nothdurft's diary found?
(a) No, no trace of it was found.
(b) Yes, but it contained no entries.
(c) Yes, but the entries were eroded.
(d) No, only a few unhelpful pages.

2. How did Radovan KuchaÅ™ and Zdeno Zibrin climb up to the Exit Cracks?
(a) Through a traverse along the edge of the spider.
(b) Up the Spider in avalanche conditions.
(c) Up the Spider, amidst rock and water falls.
(d) Up the rocks, bypassing the Spider.

3. What happened to the party of three climbers in 1958 who climbed to the Flatiron before one was injured by a stone?
(a) They were stranded on the mountain and died.
(b) They climbed down to the Gallery Window the next day.
(c) They were taken off the mountain by rescuers.
(d) They descended the mountain, but one died in a fall.

4. What makes the Silver Trench silver?
(a) Light gleaming off the ice.
(b) Glassy gray rocks rising up through the snow.
(c) Glittering light on a rushing stream.
(d) A vein of silver in the mountain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Derungs and Albrecht use instead of a bivouac bag on their ascent up the North Face?

2. What did Longhi reportedly shout to rescuers?

3. To what does Harrer attribute the fact that Longhi was unable to climb up the rope after he fell?

4. Who made the first successful solo attempt to climb the North Face?

5. What site was Alfred Hellepart lowered down to for the rescue attempt?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe what was done to lower Alfred Hellepart down the mountain in a rescue attempt.

5. Describe the ascent of Blach and Wallenkamp up the North Face in 1952.

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

7. Why does Harrer call the climb by Radovan KuchaÅ™ and Zdeno Zibrin cautious?

8. At the end of the chapter "The International Rescue Team," what does Harrer suggest might happen in the future regarding Nothdurft and Mayer?

9. Describe Erich Friedli, Jr. and Arnold Heinen's climb in 1963.

10. How were Albert Rabada and Ernesto Navarra's bodies recovered?

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