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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 did the press call the North Face?
(a) Todesberg.
(b) Todesgesicht.
(c) Unbesteigbar.
(d) Mordwand.

2. 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 Third Ice Field from the Second Ice Field.
(d) A new route to the First Ice Field.

3. What did Toni Kurz's party say to Allmen when he called to them?
(a) That they needed help.
(b) That they would be down soon.
(c) That they were going to separate.
(d) That they were going to attempt to climb up again.

4. What two occupations does Kurt Maix have?
(a) Journalist and mountaineer.
(b) Mountaineer and biographer.
(c) Journalist and naturalist.
(d) Natualist and biographer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the first attempt to climb the North Face?

2. How far did the first party to attempt to climb the North Face go on their second day?

3. What qualities does Harrer say are necessary to climb the White Spider?

4. Why does Harrer write about the North Face of the Eiger?

5. How high is the Eiger?

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