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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1937: On the Eiger.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many climbers were in the first ascent to the top of the North Face?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.
2. In what month did Toni Kurz and his party begin their climb up the North Face?
(a) June.
(b) July.
(c) August.
(d) September.
3. What did the press call the North Face?
(a) Todesgesicht.
(b) Unbesteigbar.
(c) Mordwand.
(d) Todesberg.
4. What two occupations does Kurt Maix have?
(a) Natualist and biographer.
(b) Journalist and mountaineer.
(c) Mountaineer and biographer.
(d) Journalist and naturalist.
5. How does Harrer view change and the Eiger mountain?
(a) He sees the Eiger as changing in short bursts.
(b) He sees the Eiger as always changing.
(c) He sees the Eiger as resisting change and changing slowly.
(d) He sees the Eiger as ever changing.
Short Answer Questions
1. On Rebitsch and Vörg's return to the base of the North Face later in the month, what do they decide to do?
2. What aspect of climbing does Harrer want to focus on in his book?
3. How high is the Eiger?
4. When Franz Primas and Bertl Gollackner climbed the Lauper Route, what did Gollackner accidentally leave behind?
5. How does Maix react to Harrer's proposed book about the Eiger?
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