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

2. 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 taken off the mountain by rescuers.
(b) They descended the mountain, but one died in a fall.
(c) They climbed down to the Gallery Window the next day.
(d) They were stranded on the mountain and died.

3. What day did Sefano Longhi and Claudio Corti begin to climb the North Face?
(a) August 3, 1957.
(b) July 3, 1957.
(c) July 13, 1957.
(d) July 23, 1957.

4. What did Corti say happened to Günther Nothdurft and Franz Mayer as they started out to climb the North Face?
(a) They lost their equipment.
(b) Mayer twisted his ankle.
(c) Mayer began to get ill.
(d) They had an argument and could not get along.

5. How many parties successfully climbed the North Face in 1952?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Three
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Reiss describe the thunderstorm that was going on when he reached the summit?

2. What cliff on the North Face did Karl Reiss attempt to climb?

3. What did Hellepart give Corti when he first contacted him?

4. Was Nothdurft's diary found?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Mayr's climb seem to slow?

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

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

4. What is Harrer's attitude toward Italians?

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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