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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The International Rescue Team and Epilogue.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did Rebisch and Vörg do to make a place to spend the night on the mountain?
(a) They made camp with their tents.
(b) They cut seats in the ice.
(c) They made a shelter of rocks.
(d) They made a makeshift hut.
2. How did newspapers react to plans to climb the North Face in 1937?
(a) With condemnation against the suicidal dangers.
(b) With indifference and certainty that attempts would fail.
(c) With both outcry against the danger and sensationalism.
(d) With enthusiastic sensationalism of the heroism of the climbers.
3. How many parties successfully climbed the North Face in 1952?
(a) Three
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.
4. Where did Otto and Sepp Maag join up with Buhl and his partner?
(a) The Third Ice Field.
(b) The Mittellegi Hut.
(c) The Second Ice Field.
(d) The Rote Fluh.
5. What phrase do newspapers use to describe the rush of climbers heading for the North Face?
(a) Eiger Storm.
(b) White Spider Craze.
(c) North Face Fever.
(d) Ice Field Flurry.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why did Heckmair and Vörg have modern equipment for their climb?
2. What aspect of climbing does Harrer want to focus on in his book?
3. How did Longhi and Corti's climb up the North Face begin?
4. What new technology did climbers on the ground think might be used to attempt to rescue Longhi?
5. Where did Erich Vanis, Hans Ratay, and Karl Lugmayer bivouac their first night on the mountain in 1952?
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