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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XII The Assault and XIII The Third of June.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who took equipment to Camp II with the Sherpas when Herzog and his team arrived from Base Camp?
(a) Rebuffat.
(b) Lachenal.
(c) Schatz.
(d) Terray.

2. Where do Terray and Schatz camp on May 19?
(a) In the snow.
(b) On a ledge that they had made.
(c) In an advance camp that they had set up.
(d) At the campsite.

3. What was the consensus of the May 14 meeting?
(a) To abandon Dhaulagiri.
(b) To keep exploring.
(c) To climb Dhaulagiri.
(d) To return home.

4. What did Herzog's Nepalese guide tell him about the Tilicho Pass?
(a) That it was nearby.
(b) That he did not know anything about it.
(c) That it was off limits.
(d) That it was impassable.

5. Which of the following was Herzog determined not to do as he left Base Camp for Camp I?
(a) Die on the mountain.
(b) Leave any men on the mountain.
(c) Return without having summitted.
(d) Allow the survival of individuals to inhibit the team's progress.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Herzog and Rebuffat set out to join their team?

2. How did the altitude affect Herzog?

3. Which of the following statements best reflects Rebuffat's thoughts on May 20 in relation to pressing on?

4. Which of the following best describes the state that Couzy, Lachenal, Rebuffat and the others were in when Herzog found them at Camp III after having established Camp IV?

5. Which of the following did Herzog do after Lachenal and Terry set out?

(see the answer key)

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