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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The First Ascent of the Face.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year was the Eiger's North Face still climbed?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1948.

2. How many parties left the Eiger without an attempt to climb the North Face in 1937, due to bad weather?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

3. When they arrived at the Eiger in 1936, what new route did Angerer and Rainer want to try on the North Face?
(a) A new route to the White Spider from the Third Ice Field.
(b) A new route to the Second Ice Field from the First Ice Field..
(c) A new route to the First Ice Field.
(d) A new route to the Third Ice Field from the Second Ice Field.

4. When was the first attempt to climb the North Face?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1935.

5. What caused the people on the ground to lose sight of the first climbers up the North Face on their third day?
(a) A curve around the mountain.
(b) Heavy snowfall.
(c) A ledge of the mountain.
(d) A cloud of mist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the first description of the North Face from above say about it?

2. What trapped Primas and Gollackner on the mountain?

3. What did Fritz crave and lack, after climbing the Spider?

4. What did the climbers do that blocked their path back down?

5. How many day's'provisions did the first climbers to attempt the North Face bring?

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