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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 did Mayr climb from the First Ice Field to the Second Ice Field?
(a) By cutting ice steps up a slope.
(b) In a longer, less steep crevice pathway.
(c) Straight up a rock.
(d) Through a traverse.

2. What area of the mountain is the Silver Trench on?
(a) The Spider.
(b) The Third Ice Field.
(c) The Ramp.
(d) The Second Ice Field.

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

4. In 1957, what traces of Nothdurft and Mayer did search parties find?
(a) Indications that they had gotten lost on the way to the summit.
(b) Indications that they had made the summit but been unable to descend.
(c) Mayer's body but not Nothdurft.
(d) None.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On July 31, 1962, how many parties reached the summit of the Eiger from the North Face?

3. What did the friend Nothdurft and Mayer visited before leaving think of Nothdurft's behavior on the mountain?

4. When did Helmut Salger and Horst Wels climb the North Face?

5. How many climbers successfully climbed the North Face in 1962?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. Describe Erich Friedli, Jr. and Arnold Heinen's climb in 1963.

10. What were Nothdurft and Mayers' families reactions to the tragedy?

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