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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the second person to try to scale Everest alone?
(a) Earl Denman.
(b) Maurice Wilson.
(c) Edmund Hillary.
(d) George Mallory.

2. To whom does Messner attribute the quote that begins his book?
(a) Sir Francis Young.
(b) Sir Francis Youngman.
(c) Sir Francis Younglin.
(d) Sir Francis Younghusband.

3. As the first person who wanted to scale Everest alone entered Tibet illegally, what was the person disguised as?
(a) A monk.
(b) A physician.
(c) A Sherpa.
(d) A guide.

4. What did Messner say he hated like the plague?
(a) Communism.
(b) Politics.
(c) Red tape.
(d) Bureaucracy.

5. 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 10 years.
(d) Only 30 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years of experience did the man who led the second British expedition to Mount Everest have?

2. What does Ganpei mean?

3. How much did each portable oxygen system weigh that the British expedition's climbers carried?

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

5. Who was the first person to ever want to scale Mount Everest alone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the British recognize as too difficult a route in the 1920s and 1930s that is still not climbed to this day?

2. In the Kanchung chapter, what did the article Messner read in the "Peking Review" state?

3. Why did the second person to attempt a solo ascent of Everest decline to use oxygen gear?

4. In the Kanchung chapter, how did Messner characterize his homeland of South Tyrol?

5. How did Messner describe the region of Solo Khumba in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter?

6. When Messner referred to "fair means" in climbing in the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, what was he referring to?

7. Upon reading the article in the "Peking Review" in the Kanchung chapter, what became immediately clear to Messner?

8. As the book opens, Messner reflects on his first ascent of Everest. What did the mountain mean to Messner?

9. According to Messner in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, why was Oelz depressed as the team packed for their trip to Syangpoche?

10. Because it lies so far above sea level, what is Tibet known as?

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