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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When an airplane instructor was teaching Wilson to fly, he knew that Wilson would never make a good pilot. What two qualities did Wilson possess according to his teacher?
(a) Honesty and determination.
(b) Courage and determination.
(c) Grit and determination.
(d) Courage and grit.

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

5. What technical aid did Messner consent to use during his climbs?
(a) Ice axe.
(b) Expansion bolts.
(c) Helicopter.
(d) Oxygen gear.

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

7. What was the primary occupation of Oswald Oelz?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A moutaineer.
(c) A doctor.
(d) An attorney.

8. Who was the first person to ever want to scale Mount Everest alone?
(a) Maurice Wilson.
(b) George Bruce.
(c) Edmund Hillary.
(d) George Mallory.

9. Who was responsible for producing the film about Messner's Ama Dablam expedition?
(a) Joachim Hoelzgen.
(b) Jurgen Lehmann.
(c) Shisha Pangma.
(d) Sepia Tian-Chi.

10. In the Kanchung chapter as Messner and Bulle returned to Europe, how did Messner characterize the way Bulle was feeling?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Helpless.
(c) Helpful.
(d) Hopeless.

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

12. Which member of the British expedition was the last to see the two climbers who were lost on Everest on June 8, 1924?
(a) Mallory.
(b) Nema.
(c) Odell.
(d) Irvine.

13. What does dzong mean in Tibetan?
(a) Fort.
(b) Cave.
(c) Monsoon.
(d) Avalanche.

14. Who owned the hotel in Syangpoche that the climbing team stayed in after leaving the Sherpa hut in the beginning of the book?
(a) The Nepalese.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The Japanese.
(d) The Swiss.

15. When the CMA granted Messner a permit in the Kanchung chapter, which mountain did the permit apply to?
(a) North Col.
(b) Chomolungma.
(c) Mizpah.
(d) Ganpei.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How many prefectures is Tibet divided into?

3. What did Messner liken the city of Peking to in the Kanchung chapter?

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

5. When the British expedition returned to Everest in 1924, how many times were the climbers forced to abandon their higher-elevation camps and return to their base camps because of snowfall and extreme cold?

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