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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. 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 Swiss.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The Japanese.
(d) The Nepalese.

2. 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?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

3. 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) Rinzing Tewang.
(c) Karma Paul.
(d) Sherpa Jan.

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

5. In what year did the proclamation of the "Autonomous Region of Tibet" occur?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1967.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what altitude did the hotel in Syangpoche that the climbing team was headed to after leaving the Sherpa hut in the beginning of the book lie?

2. When the CMA granted Messner a permit in the Kanchung chapter, which mountain did the permit apply to?

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

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

5. What is the CMA?

Short Essay Questions

1. What unusual item was a standard item placed in the rooms by the hotel in Syangpoche in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter?

2. What did Messner suspect was the main reason that men often invited him to talk over a beer after hearing Messner's lecture?

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

4. When the climbing team reached Syangpoche in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, they were unsuccessful in completing their task. What was their task and why were they unsuccessful?

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

6. In 1922 and 1924, the British set up their base camp in the shelter of a moraine under the end of the Rongbuk Glacier. Why was this spot considered ideal?

7. As Bulle returned to his "real" life in the Kanchung chapter, he threw himself into his job. What was Bulle's primary motivation for taking up his work with such enthusiasm?

8. When a tourist at the hotel asked Oelz why he climbed Everest after learning that he and Messner had reached the summit in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, how did Oelz respond?

9. When the climbing team woke up in the Sherpa hut in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, why was the team headed to Syangpoche?

10. How did Captain Finch originally test his bold plan back in England?

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