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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Silver Trench, Climbers Have a Language of Their Own, and I Am Sorry, Brian....

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. What did Radovan KuchaÅ™ and Zdeno Zibrin lose on the Second Ice Field?
(a) A food pack.
(b) A rope.
(c) An axe.
(d) A harnass.

3. What do Rebitsch and Vörg find when they start up the mountain?
(a) An impassable crevice.
(b) An ice-coated, slippery passage.
(c) A new route to the Second Ice Field.
(d) Hinterstoisser's body.

4. What phrase do newspapers use to describe the rush of climbers heading for the North Face?
(a) Ice Field Flurry.
(b) White Spider Craze.
(c) North Face Fever.
(d) Eiger Storm.

5. According to Corti's report, what happened to him at the Spider?
(a) He broke a rib in an avalanche.
(b) He hurt his hand on a piton.
(c) He was hit in the head by a stone.
(d) He sprained his ankle in a rockslide.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Harrer tell about his plans to climb the North Face?

2. How did Heckmair survive the avalanche at the Spider?

3. What day did Harrer and Kasparek begin their 1938 climb of the North Face?

4. What caused the people on the ground to lose sight of the first climbers up the North Face on their third day?

5. How high is the Eiger?

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