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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 does Maix say the truth about the North Face of the Eiger will provide?
(a) An excuse for over-legislation.
(b) A nostalgic journey for those who have climbed.
(c) A chronicle for history.
(d) A warning to climbers.

2. What did Longhi reportedly shout to rescuers?
(a) That he didn't know what happened to Corti.
(b) That he knew Corti would send help.
(c) That he wanted to apologize to Corti.
(d) That he thought Corti was dead.

3. What antagonistic action did observers note the climbers doing?
(a) The party in the lead would take out their pitons instead of leaving them for followers.
(b) The parties would push past each other in the climb instead of joining.
(c) The party in the lead would knock ice down the mountain.
(d) The party in the lead would destroy the steps they made in the ice.

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

5. How long did it take Hilti von Allmen and Ueli Hürlimann to ascend the North Face?
(a) 18 hours.
(b) 10 hours.
(c) 14 hours.
(d) 22 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the French party join up with Buhl and his group on the 1952 climb?

2. Why did Austrians Waschak and Forstenlechner delay their start, while a party of four Swiss climbers began an ascent up the North Face in 1950?

3. What did the press call the North Face?

4. How many climbers were there in the first party to attempt to climb the North Face?

5. Whose climb up the North Face was reclassified as a success between the original publication of the book and the addition of the appended section?

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