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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 the People's Republic of China invade Tibet and end the Dalai Lama's rule?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1955.

2. How many British attempts to ascend Mount Everest were undertaken between 1921 and 1949?
(a) Four.
(b) Ten.
(c) Six.
(d) Seven.

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

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?
(a) The Everest Inn.
(b) The Everest View Hotel.
(c) The Mountain Inn.
(d) The Everest Express Hotel.

5. 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?
(a) Lukla.
(b) Uemura.
(c) Tibet.
(d) Kathmandu.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Messner, at what age he did begin climbing?

3. 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?

4. According to what Messner learned from his journalist friend in the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, who received permission for a solo assent of Everest during the winter of 1980-81?

5. How many illegal attempts to climb Mount Everest solo were undertaken between 1921 and 1949?

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