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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1924, what was the altitude reached by the British climber who set a record for the highest altitude reached climbing without oxygen?
(a) 8,572 meters.
(b) 8,738 meters.
(c) 8,126 meters.
(d) 8,621 meters.

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

3. What is the CMA?
(a) Chinese Medical Administration.
(b) Chinese Mountaineering Administration.
(c) Chinese Medical Association.
(d) Chinese Mountaineering Association.

4. How many of the expedition's porters were killed in the avalanche that occurred during the third attempt to reach Everest's summit?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

5. What was the name of the Tibetan who helped the first person who wanted to scale Everest alone enter Tibet illegally?
(a) Wilson Tsering.
(b) Karma Paul.
(c) Rinzing Tewang.
(d) Sherpa Jan.

6. When the climbing team woke up in the Sherpa hut at the beginning of Messner's book, what season was it?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Summer.

7. According to tests, at what altitude could climbers survive at with the use of artificial oxygen?
(a) 7,500 meters.
(b) 9,600 meters.
(c) 9,100 meters.
(d) 8,000 meters.

8. 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?
(a) Mallory.
(b) Harrison.
(c) Hawley.
(d) Uemura.

9. 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) Courage and grit.
(b) Courage and determination.
(c) Grit and determination.
(d) Honesty and determination.

10. How far above sea level does Tibet lie?
(a) 4,000 meters.
(b) 3,000 meters.
(c) 1,000 meters.
(d) 2,000 meters.

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

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

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

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

15. Halfway through Messner's lecture tour in the Kanchung chapter, who slipped the "Peking Review" into Messner's hand?
(a) Shisha Pangma.
(b) Joachim Hoelzgen.
(c) Jurgen Lehmann.
(d) Sepia Tian-Chi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technical aid did Messner consent to use during his climbs?

2. With whom did Messner make his first Everest ascent?

3. Who were the first group of foreign mountaineers to undertake an expedition in Tibet after the creation of the People's Republic?

4. Who had a special camera with him on expeditions in 1922 and 1924?

5. How many porters lost their lives when the climbers forced to abandon their higher-elevation camps and return to their base camps because of snowfall and extreme cold in 1924?

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