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

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

3. 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) Tibet.
(b) Uemura.
(c) Kathmandu.
(d) Lukla.

4. Who discovered that the North Ridge was the ideal approach to the North-East Shoulder?
(a) Habeler.
(b) Mallory.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Messner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How large is Tibet?

2. Who led the second British expedition to Mount Everest in 1922?

3. In 1924, which of the British climbers set a record for the highest altitude reached climbing without oxygen?

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

5. How high was the assault camp established by the 1924 British expedition?

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