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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. After the uprising of March 1959, how many Tibetans fled to India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sikkim?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 15,000.

2. In the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, Messner needed to leave Nepal because he had a lecture tour beginning. Where did Messner's European lecture tour start?
(a) Spain.
(b) Germany.
(c) Portugal.
(d) France.

3. What was the nickname of Oswald Oelz?
(a) Bulle.
(b) Butte.
(c) Magic.
(d) Major.

4. 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?
(a) 4,000 meters above sea level.
(b) 4,500 meters above sea level.
(c) 3,000 meters above sea level.
(d) 3,500 meters above sea level.

5. When the climbing team woke up in the Sherpa hut at the beginning of Messner's book, how long did they have to reach Syangpoche?
(a) Two hours.
(b) One hour.
(c) Three hours.
(d) Four hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many porters lost their lives when the climbers forced to abandon their higher-elevation camps and return to their base camps because of snowfall and extreme cold in 1924?

2. In what year did the People's Republic of China invade Tibet and end the Dalai Lama's rule?

3. How many British attempts to ascend Mount Everest were undertaken between 1921 and 1949?

4. At the time Messner was writing the book, how long had it been since Nepal was forbidden to foreigners?

5. What name is the 500-meter high ice wall known by?

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