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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter X The Sickle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What dangers did Herzog and his team encounter during their ascent?
(a) Avalanches.
(b) Extreme cold conditions.
(c) Lack of supplies.
(d) Mutiny.

2. Whom did Herzog send to look for the Tilicho Pass?
(a) Lachenal and Rebuffat.
(b) Couzy and Terray.
(c) Couzy and Schatz.
(d) Schatz and the Nepalese guide.

3. What news did the climbers from Dhaulagiri announce?
(a) That there was an impassable crevasse field.
(b) That there was a wide river to cross.
(c) That they had found a way.
(d) That one of the members had nearly frozen.

4. Where did Herzog blaze a trail from Camp III?
(a) Up 'the Sickle'.
(b) Around the plateau.
(c) Through a crevasse field.
(d) Up the Great Barrier.

5. What did Herzog and his team do during their first days in Tukucha?
(a) Arrange passports.
(b) Acclimatize.
(c) Set up camp.
(d) Reconnoiter the mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who served as doctor during the expedition?

2. Which of the following actions did the climbers commit themselves to do via oath?

3. Which of the following best describes the Miristi Khola?

4. Where do Terray and Schatz camp on May 19?

5. What was the consensus of the May 14 meeting?

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