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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The First Attempt on the North Face and The Tragedy of Toni Kurz.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 cloud of mist.
(d) A ledge of the mountain.

2. What qualities does Harrer say are necessary to climb the White Spider?
(a) Honesty, openness, courage, and honor.
(b) Patience, calm, sense, and courage.
(c) Enthusiasm, courage, daring, and focus.
(d) Courage, playfulness, self-confidence, and pride.

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

4. What did the first description of the North Face from above say about it?
(a) That climbing it would be a challenge for future decades.
(b) That it would be an easy climb.
(c) That it was beautiful and impossible to climb.
(d) That climbing it would be a challenge soon overcome.

5. How far did the first party to attempt to climb the North Face go on their second day?
(a) 600 feet up and across the First Ice Field.
(b) 900 feet up and across the First Ice Field.
(c) 1,200 feet up and across the First Ice Field.
(d) 300 feet up and across the First Ice Field.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Toni Kurz die?

2. In what month did Toni Kurz and his party begin their climb up the North Face?

3. What happened to the two climbers who arrived at the North Face early in the summer of 1936?

4. Who was the first mountaineer to climb the Eiger?

5. In the story the author tells at the beginning of the book, how does the climber criticize Harrer's idea to write about the Eiger?

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