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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 did Bonatti say about why he turned back, ending his climb attempt?
(a) Bonatti said the weather wasn't right for the climb.
(b) Bonatti said the climb wasn't worth risking his life.
(c) Bonatti said the mountain had gotten the better of him.
(d) Bonatti said he would try again the following year.

2. What doubts were raised about Toni Hiebeler, Toni Kinschofer, Anderl Mannhardt, and Walter Almberger's climb of the North Face in 1961?
(a) Doubts about whether the climbers ever actually made the summit.
(b) Doubt about how the climbers used past climbers' ropes and pitons.
(c) Doubts about how the climbers used the window from the train tracks.
(d) Doubts about how filming of the climb affected the climbers.

3. What did Derungs and Albrecht use instead of a bivouac bag on their ascent up the North Face?
(a) An overcoat.
(b) A wool blanket.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A tablecloth.

4. How many parties attempted to climb the North Face in 1954 and 1955?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) None.

5. What cliff on the North Face did Karl Reiss attempt to climb?
(a) A cliff from the Third Ice Field to the Spider.
(b) A cliff from the Second Ice Field to the Third Ice Field.
(c) A cliff from the Spider to the summit.
(d) A cliff from the First Ice Field to the Second Ice Field.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Edmund Geer and Wolfang Görter do while Derungs and Albrecht were climbing the North Face?

2. Why did Heckmair and Vörg have modern equipment for their climb?

3. Why did Fraissl and Brankowski turn back?

4. Who did Harrer tell about his plans to climb the North Face?

5. What did Kasparek do to make progress over the Second Ice Field easier?

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