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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Further Successful Ascents.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Northeast Face of the Eiger first climbed?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1942.

2. What happened to the two climbers who arrived at the North Face early in the summer of 1936?
(a) They climbed as far as the Second Ice Field and back down.
(b) The weather remained bad, and they gave up waiting.
(c) One of them died on a climb on another mountain.
(d) They became ill and gave up the attempt.

3. When Franz Primas and Bertl Gollackner climbed the Lauper Route, what did Gollackner accidentally leave behind?
(a) His food.
(b) His tent.
(c) His water.
(d) His pitons.

4. What nationality was the second team to successfully climb the North Face?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) Swiss.
(d) Italian.

5. Why does Harrer write about the North Face of the Eiger?
(a) It is the hardest to climb.
(b) It was the first side climbed.
(c) It is the side that he chose to climb.
(d) It is the only climbable face.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far did Schlunegger and Krähenbühl climb in 1946 before having to climb back down?

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

3. What did the press call the North Face?

4. When do Rebitsch and Vörg finally attempt their climb?

5. What warning did the Swiss government issue to climbers?

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