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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. How high did the second British expedition reach before being forced to descend the mountain because of a growing storm?
(a) 8,230 meters.
(b) 8,315 meters.
(c) 8,170 meters.
(d) 8,020 meters.

2. 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) Four hours.
(b) One hour.
(c) Three hours.
(d) Two hours.

3. What name is the 500-meter high ice wall known by?
(a) Chang La face.
(b) North-East Ridge.
(c) Shangra La face.
(d) North Col.

4. What was the name of the journalist that had been living in Kathmandu for over twenty years and knew practically everything about the region?
(a) Mary Mallory.
(b) Shannon Strutt.
(c) Sarah Crawford.
(d) Elizabeth Hawley.

5. In the third attempt to reach Everest's summit, which two members of the British expedition were buried in an avalanche?
(a) Bruce and Finch.
(b) Bruce and Morshead.
(c) Mallory and Somervell.
(d) Mallory and Morshead.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was NOT one of the crops that the Tibetan economy was based on?

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

4. According to Messner, what was the single most important source of foreign currency to Nepal?

5. How many years of experience did the man who led the second British expedition to Mount Everest have?

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