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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. 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) Finch and Morshead.
(d) Bruce and Finch.

2. At the time Messner was writing the book, how long had it been since Nepal was forbidden to foreigners?
(a) Only 20 years.
(b) Only 40 years.
(c) Only 30 years.
(d) Only 10 years.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Oswald Oelz live?

2. In the third attempt to reach Everest's summit, which two members of the British expedition were buried in an avalanche?

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

4. 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?

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

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