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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 doubts were raised about Toni Hiebeler, Toni Kinschofer, Anderl Mannhardt, and Walter Almberger's climb of the North Face in 1961?
(a) Doubts about how filming of the climb affected the climbers.
(b) Doubts about how the climbers used the window from the train tracks.
(c) Doubts about whether the climbers ever actually made the summit.
(d) Doubt about how the climbers used past climbers' ropes and pitons.

2. What did Corti do when he could not lift Longhi up onto the ledge?
(a) He stayed with Longhi and tried to signal for help.
(b) He left Longhi and climbed down, promising to send rescue.
(c) He left Longhi and climbed up, promising to send rescue.
(d) He left Longhi, promising to return with the other two climbers on the mountain.

3. How many parties attempted to climb the North Face in 1954 and 1955?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) None.

4. How did von Almen watch Mayr's ascent?
(a) From the foot of the North Face with binoculars.
(b) From the railway window.
(c) From an airplane.
(d) Through a telescope.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Corti say happened to Günther Nothdurft and Franz Mayer as they started out to climb the North Face?

3. What did Bonatti say about why he turned back, ending his climb attempt?

4. How many parties successfully climbed the North Face in 1952?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why were Kurt Diemberger and Wolfgang Stephan criticized, and how does Harrer answer that criticism?

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

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

5. Why does Harrer include a route guide at the end of the book?

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

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

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

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

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

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