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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 21-33, Mount Everest—Fairytale and Reality.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Norton climb as far as the Great Couloir?
(a) 1926.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1922.

2. According to Messner, at what age he did begin climbing?
(a) Seven years old.
(b) Ten years old.
(c) Five years old.
(d) Thirteen years old.

3. According to the book's opening quote, who could not allow Mount Everest to remain untouched?
(a) Men with any sense of adventure.
(b) Men with something to prove.
(c) Men with any zest for mountaineering.
(d) Men with any courage for challenges.

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

5. In what year did Messner first ascend Everest?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1972.

Short Answer Questions

1. After giving up on their original mission in Syangpoche, where did the climbing team decide to walk to in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter?

2. When the climbing team woke up in the Sherpa hut at the beginning of Messner's book, what season was it?

3. 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?

4. In what year did Messner and Oelz successfully scale Mount Everest?

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

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