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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fate Made the Amendments, Four Shirts and an Overcoat, and Ascendancy of the Armchair.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What equipment was Harrer missing, that he realized he should have brought?
(a) A cold weather harness.
(b) Heavy crampons.
(c) Carabiners.
(d) Ice pitons.

2. What put the claims of two Swiss climbers who said they climbed the North Face in one day in doubt?
(a) Testimony of other climbers.
(b) Testimony of witnesses from the ground.
(c) Photos.
(d) Testimony of the Swiss climbers' families.

3. How did Harrer survive the avalanche at the Spider?
(a) He was held by his piton.
(b) He held on to Kasparek.
(c) He was partially sheltered by an overhang.
(d) He held himself with an axe.

4. What happened to Kasparek at the Ramp?
(a) He caught his hand in a rope.
(b) He was washed down by a sudden tide of melting ice.
(c) He slipped but was caught by Harrer's rope.
(d) He was hit by a rock.

5. What did Edmund Geer and Wolfang Görter do while Derungs and Albrecht were climbing the North Face?
(a) They filmed the climb.
(b) They published articles about the climb.
(c) They descended the North Face from the summit.
(d) They followed behind the young climbers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Karl Blach take Huber's place?

2. Where was Harrer attending school, in 1938?

3. What doubts were raised about Toni Hiebeler, Toni Kinschofer, Anderl Mannhardt, and Walter Almberger's climb of the North Face in 1961?

4. Was the filmed climb of Lothar Brandler, Jörg Lehne, and Sigfried Löw up the North Face successful?

5. Why did Fraissl and Brankowski turn back?

(see the answer key)

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