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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 Hellepart give Corti when he first contacted him?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Bread.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Chocolate.
2. Why did Karl Blach take Huber's place?
(a) Huber twisted his ankle.
(b) Huber was injured by a rock.
(c) Huber was feeling ill.
(d) Huber was injured in an avalanche.
3. Where do observers say that Corti and Longhi joined together with Nothdurft and Mayer?
(a) Near the Spider.
(b) A the Swallow's Nest.
(c) At the Second Ice Field.
(d) At the First Ice Field.
4. Where were Nothdurft and Mayer's bodies finally found?
(a) At the top of the mountain near the west face.
(b) Lower down the east face of the mountain.
(c) Near the Ramp.
(d) At the top of the Spider.
5. According to Fritz von Almen's warning to Mayr, when would crossing the Third Ice Field be dangerous?
(a) During the afternoon.
(b) When it was cloudy.
(c) When the sun was setting.
(d) During the early morning.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Mayr climb from the First Ice Field to the Second Ice Field?
2. How did Helmuth Drachsler and Walter Gstrein climb past the Spider?
3. How did Longhi and Corti's climb up the North Face begin?
4. What put the claims of two Swiss climbers who said they climbed the North Face in one day in doubt?
5. What happened to Lugmayer during the climb?
Short Essay Questions
1. When did Mayr's climb seem to slow?
2. Describe what was done to lower Alfred Hellepart down the mountain in a rescue attempt.
3. What does Harrer say about Corti's knowledge of the North Face of the Eiger?
4. What were Nothdurft and Mayers' families reactions to the tragedy?
5. Why were Kurt Diemberger and Wolfgang Stephan criticized, and how does Harrer answer that criticism?
6. What information does Harrer offer in the later appended chapters about his treatment of Corti's story and the facts about Nothdurft's death?
7. What is Harrer's attitude toward Italians?
8. What happened to Erich Vanis, Hans Ratay, and Karl Lugmayer on the Ice Bulge?
9. Describe Erich Friedli, Jr. and Arnold Heinen's climb in 1963.
10. Describe the attempt to climb the North Face by Brian Nally and Barry Brewster in 1962.
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