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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Rongbuk—In the Wake of the Cultural Revolution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bodhisattva mean?
(a) Soul searcher.
(b) Chosen one.
(c) Enlightened one.
(d) God of Compassion.

2. How many women who were part of the 1975 Chinese expedition were able to reach heights of more than 8000 meters?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 40.
(d) 10.

3. How did Messner feel when he and Nena were in the ruins of the Rongbuk monastery in the Tibet chapter?
(a) Excited.
(b) Alive.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Sad.

4. When Messner and Nena decided to leave their base camp and travel throughout the region because the weather on Everest was terrible in the Tibet chapter, where did they head to?
(a) Nangpa La.
(b) Cho Oyu.
(c) Tingri.
(d) Ama Dablam.

5. A few days after being forced to descend Everest because of the storm, which two team members were able to ascend to 8,321 meters during the second British expedition?
(a) Bruce and Finch.
(b) Morshead and Mallory.
(c) Mallory and Bruce.
(d) Finch and Morshead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Messner send from the base camp to order a jeep for his travel westward in the Rongbuk chapter?

2. What was the Potala that Messner spied sitting on the Marpori in the Tibet chapter?i

3. What mountain's name means "Ridge above the Meadows"?

4. Where did Nena and Messner build their main camp after choosing to leave the Rongbuk monastery in the Tibet chapter?

5. When the British expedition returned to Everest in 1924, when did the team arrive?

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