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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. On what day of the climb did Toni Kurz and his party turn back?
(a) The second day.
(b) The fifth day.
(c) The fourth day.
(d) The third day.

2. 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?
(a) Gonda and Wyss.
(b) Vaucher and Attinger.
(c) Etter and Henkel.
(d) Corti and Longhi.

3. Where did the French party join up with Buhl and his group on the 1952 climb?
(a) The Second Ice Field.
(b) The Flatiron.
(c) The Hinterstoisser Traverse.
(d) The Ramp.

4. What two occupations does Kurt Maix have?
(a) Mountaineer and biographer.
(b) Journalist and naturalist.
(c) Natualist and biographer.
(d) Journalist and mountaineer.

5. Where do observers say that Corti and Longhi joined together with Nothdurft and Mayer?
(a) At the Second Ice Field.
(b) At the First Ice Field.
(c) A the Swallow's Nest.
(d) Near the Spider.

Short Answer Questions

1. Was the filmed climb of Lothar Brandler, Jörg Lehne, and Sigfried Löw up the North Face successful?

2. What nationality was the second team to successfully climb the North Face?

3. What disadvantage did the Maags have during their climb?

4. After Buhl collapsed, who took the lead of the party?

5. How many parties attempted to climb the North Face in 1954 and 1955?

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