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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 Bonatti say about why he turned back, ending his climb attempt?
(a) Bonatti said the climb wasn't worth risking his life.
(b) Bonatti said the mountain had gotten the better of him.
(c) Bonatti said he would try again the following year.
(d) Bonatti said the weather wasn't right for the climb.

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

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

4. 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 descended the mountain, but one died in a fall.
(d) They were taken off the mountain by rescuers.

5. What site was Alfred Hellepart lowered down to for the rescue attempt?
(a) The Third Ice Field.
(b) The precipice where Longhi was trapped.
(c) The Ice Fluh.
(d) Corti's bivouac tent.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How far did Italian climber Walter Bonatti get in his solo attempt to climb the North Face in 1963?

4. How did Helmuth Drachsler and Walter Gstrein climb past the Spider?

5. What did Longhi reportedly shout to rescuers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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