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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Herzog justify the position that he had taken during the May 14 conversation?
(a) He wanted to test his climbers' loyalty.
(b) He wanted to lead the team to his decision on their own.
(c) He wanted to establish a consensus.
(d) He wanted to see if anyone would disobey him.

2. Which of the following did Herzog do after Lachenal and Terry set out?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Explored other routes.
(c) Laundry.
(d) Read.

3. In addition to the party, how did Herzog and his team mark their celebration?
(a) By drinking and dancing with the Sherpas.
(b) By taking a day for reading and writing letters.
(c) By eating their reserve rations.
(d) By sleeping late the next day.

4. Which of the following best describes the Miristi Khola?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A river.
(c) A mountain pass.
(d) A town.

5. Which of the following was to take place in early June?
(a) A simoom.
(b) Winter.
(c) A monsoon.
(d) The Santa Ana winds.

6. Who visited the climbers' camp?
(a) A lama.
(b) A runaway child.
(c) A general.
(d) A woman.

7. What were Herzog and his team prevented from doing because of the weather?
(a) Getting word of their progress back to France.
(b) Establishing Camp II.
(c) Establishing Camp III.
(d) Returning to Manangbhot for gear.

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

9. Whom do Herzog and his team find at the end of their retreat?
(a) Ouray.
(b) Terray.
(c) Schatz.
(d) Lachenal.

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

11. What did Herzog and his men decide after attempting to climb the East Glacier of Dhaulagiri?
(a) That it was too difficult.
(b) That it was too easy.
(c) That it was a dead end.
(d) That they should not separate from the others.

12. How high was Camp IV?
(a) 23,500 feet.
(b) 27,000 feet.
(c) 22,000 feet.
(d) 25,000 feet.

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

14. Which of the following did Herzog find at Base Camp?
(a) That the gear was still missing.
(b) That the supplies had all arrived there.
(c) That there was not any food.
(d) That the weather was setting in.

15. How long was the trek into Tukucha, Nepal?
(a) Four days.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) One day.
(d) Two weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Sherpas feel about following the route that Herzog had blazed?

2. How many expeditions had tried and failed to ascend higher than 8,000 meters before Herzog's expedition?

3. Where did Herzog and Rebuffat camp on May 19?

4. How many team members were involved in planning the expedition?

5. What was the weather like when Herzog, Rebuffat, Terray and Schatz set out up the spur?

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