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

2. What happened to Söhnel and Moosmüller on their attempt to climb the North Face in 1956?
(a) They became ill and had to descend.
(b) They were trapped in an avalanche.
(c) They were knocked off the mountain.
(d) They were injured by falling rocks.

3. How far behind Radovan KuchaÅ™ and Zdeno Zibrin were the Polish team who reached the summit the same day?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 10 hours.
(c) 6 hours.
(d) 14 hours.

4. To what does Harrer attribute the fact that Longhi was unable to climb up the rope after he fell?
(a) It would have been impossible.
(b) His wrist was strained and swollen.
(c) He was disoriented by the fall.
(d) He didn't know the proper technique.

5. How far did Italian climber Walter Bonatti get in his solo attempt to climb the North Face in 1963?
(a) The Spider.
(b) The First Ice Field.
(c) The Third Ice Field.
(d) The Second Ice Field.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Boulaz, Attinger, Vaucher, and Darbellay bivouac on their second night?

2. How many women were in the team who attempted to climb the North Face in July, 1962?

3. Was Nothdurft's diary found?

4. How many climbers were on the North Face between August 19 and August 23 of 1962?

5. What area of the mountain is the Silver Trench on?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Harrer's attitude toward Italians?

4. What made the Difficult Crack and the Hinterstoisser Traverse easier to climb for Mayr than for early climbers?

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

6. Describe the climb of the first women to attempt the North Face.

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

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

9. 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?

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

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