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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. Whose climb up the North Face was reclassified as a success between the original publication of the book and the addition of the appended section?
(a) Corti and Longhi.
(b) Gonda and Wyss.
(c) Vaucher and Attinger.
(d) Etter and Henkel.

2. What did the friend Nothdurft and Mayer visited before leaving think of Nothdurft's behavior on the mountain?
(a) Nothdurft's behavior seemed inexplicable.
(b) Nothdurft's behavior seemed normal.
(c) Nothdurft's behavior seemed explicable, considering what Nothdurft told the friend before leaving.
(d) Nothdurft's behavior seemed only slightly out of character.

3. What does Harrer recommend to climbers for protection from rocks?
(a) Sheets of protective metal.
(b) Plastic crash helmets.
(c) Quick wits.
(d) Protective climbing suits.

4. How did Longhi and Corti's climb up the North Face begin?
(a) They got caught in a snowstorm.
(b) They got on the wrong route.
(c) They forgot Corti's food and had to return.
(d) Longhi's rope broke, and they had to return.

5. How many climbers were on the North Face between August 19 and August 23 of 1962?
(a) 4.
(b) 22.
(c) 10.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many successful ascents of the North Face were made in 1956?

3. What did Tonella think of Corti's description of what happened?

4. How many parties attempted to climb the North Face in 1954 and 1955?

5. What did Edmund Geer and Wolfang Görter do while Derungs and Albrecht were climbing the North Face?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Harrer's opinion about Corti's story that the two other climbers went on to send back help, leaving Corti behind after he was injured?

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

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

4. What happened when Derungs and Albrecht threw their extra equipment over the edge of the mountain after their last bivouac?

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

6. After bivouacking above the Spider, how did Helmuth Drachsler and Walter Gstrein reach the summit?

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

8. Describe the attempt to climb the North Face by Brian Nally and Barry Brewster in 1962.

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

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

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