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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mount Everest—Fairytale and Reality.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two climbers were lost on Everest on June 8, 1924?
(a) Mallory and Irvine.
(b) Nema and Odell.
(c) Mallory and Nema.
(d) Irvine and Odell.

2. How many illegal attempts to climb Mount Everest solo were undertaken between 1921 and 1949?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Seven.

3. 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) Mallory and Bruce.
(b) Morshead and Mallory.
(c) Bruce and Finch.
(d) Finch and Morshead.

4. In 1924, what was the altitude reached by the British climber who set a record for the highest altitude reached climbing without oxygen?
(a) 8,572 meters.
(b) 8,621 meters.
(c) 8,738 meters.
(d) 8,126 meters.

5. In what year did Messner and Oelz successfully scale Mount Everest?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1976.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does dzong mean in Tibetan?

2. In what year did Norton climb as far as the Great Couloir?

3. In what year did Messner first ascend Everest?

4. What was the name of the hotel in Syangpoche that the climbing team was headed to after leaving the Sherpa hut in the beginning of the book?

5. At what altitude did the hotel in Syangpoche that the climbing team was headed to after leaving the Sherpa hut in the beginning of the book lie?

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