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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. What were conditions like when Herzog continued up the spur on May 21?
(a) Iced like rabbit fur.
(b) Iced like stone.
(c) Iced like cauliflower.
(d) Iced like glass.

2. Which of the climbers suffered a fall on the retreat above Camp II?
(a) Lachenal.
(b) Rebuffat.
(c) Herzog.
(d) Schatz.

3. What news did the Sherpa relay toHerzog as he was climbing along the Great Barrier?
(a) That Lachenal and Rebuffat had camped.
(b) That a snowstorm had stopped Lachenal and Rebuffat.
(c) That Lachenal had hurt himself.
(d) That Lachenal and Rebuffat had retreated.

4. What was the author's role in the expedition?
(a) To arrange logistics.
(b) To assemble the team.
(c) To lead the club.
(d) To arrange the visas.

5. Where did Herzog and Rebuffat camp on May 19?
(a) At an advance campsite that they had set up.
(b) In the snow.
(c) On a ledge that they had made.
(d) By the river.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which of the following did Herzog find at Base Camp?

5. How did the altitude affect Herzog?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Herzog and his team's visit from the Buddhist Lama.

2. Describe the initial discoveries made by Herzog, Terray, and Lachenal as they searched for routes to the summit of Annapurna.

3. Describe the time line the expedition was operating on.

4. Describe Herzog and his team's efforts to find the Tilicho Pass.

5. What did Herzog and his team find when they found the Tilicho Pass?

6. What would the expedition to Annapurna entail?

7. Describe the Herzog team's first attempts to scout Annapurna.

8. What happened at the May 14 meeting?

9. Describe the efforts to find an ascent route up the plateau route to Annapurna.

10. Describe the first day of the exploratory expedition up the spur that was identified by Terray and Lachenal.

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