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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Rebuffat and Terray insist upon doing?
(a) Summiting.
(b) Returning to Camp IV.
(c) Staying at Camp III.
(d) Returning to Camp II.

2. What did Herzog receive in Katmandu?
(a) Money from France.
(b) Honors from the Maharajah of Nepal.
(c) Prosthetic hands.
(d) Citations for traveling without permits.

3. Who were Rebuffat and Terray concerned about when Herzog returned to camp?
(a) Schatz.
(b) Lachenal.
(c) Ang-Tharkay.
(d) Couzy.

4. How was Herzog's physical condition for the descent?
(a) He was delirious.
(b) His hands were useless.
(c) His feet were useless.
(d) He was blind.

5. When did Herzog's will to live return?
(a) When he saw his fellow climbers.
(b) When he heard about the summit achievement of others.
(c) When he could no longer feel the pain in his hands and feet.
(d) When he was able to eat again.

6. What did Herzog see in his fever-induced vision?
(a) His parents.
(b) His wife.
(c) His friends.
(d) Himself among the mountains.

7. How did Herzog cope with his fear on the way out of the climb?
(a) By singing.
(b) By putting himself in a semi-conscious state.
(c) By talking with Lachenal about his pain.
(d) By praying.

8. What did Herzog ultimately decide about his fingers?
(a) That he needed to get down as soon as possible to save them.
(b) That he would have cut them off himself if it meant ending the pain.
(c) That it would be better to lose them than to fail to get everyone down.
(d) That he would continue to use them until they were worn away.

9. How did Herzog make his way out of the valley?
(a) By horse.
(b) On foot.
(c) On a sled.
(d) On a porter's back.

10. How did Terray and Rebuffat help Herzog and Lachenal?
(a) By carrying them down the mountain.
(b) By rubbing their hands and feet.
(c) By making food for them.
(d) By making shelters for them.

11. What state was Camp IV in when Rebuffat and Terray reached it?
(a) Swept away by an avalanche.
(b) Very good condition.
(c) Covered in ice.
(d) Buried under avalanche snow.

12. What were Herzog and Lachenal astounded to see on their way to Camp III?
(a) Sherpas descending.
(b) The summit of Annapurna.
(c) Climbers descending.
(d) The summit of Dhaulagiri.

13. When did Herzog give up on surviving the descent?
(a) When he and Lachenal could not find Camp IV.
(b) When he could no longer walk.
(c) When he and Lachenal fell down the mountain.
(d) When he could no longer feel his feet.

14. Where did Herzog and Lachenal spend their second night after summitting?
(a) In a cavern.
(b) At Camp IV.
(c) In the open.
(d) At Camp V.

15. What had Herzog lost sight of upon returning to camp?
(a) The approaching monsoon.
(b) The poor state of morale among the other climbers.
(c) The damage that he had done to his hands and feet.
(d) The approaching simoom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news did Schatz take with him to Camp II?

2. What did Herzog ask Ang-Tharkay at Camp V?

3. What was Herzog's plan when he reached Camp III?

4. What trouble did Herzog and his team continue to have after their descent from the Woods of Lete?

5. Why did Herzog and Lachenal have difficulty walking?

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