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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Harrer survive the avalanche at the Spider?
(a) He held himself with an axe.
(b) He was held by his piton.
(c) He held on to Kasparek.
(d) He was partially sheltered by an overhang.

2. What year was the Eiger first climbed?
(a) 1858.
(b) 1838.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1828.

3. How did newspapers react to plans to climb the North Face in 1937?
(a) With condemnation against the suicidal dangers.
(b) With both outcry against the danger and sensationalism.
(c) With enthusiastic sensationalism of the heroism of the climbers.
(d) With indifference and certainty that attempts would fail.

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

5. What did the first description of the North Face from above say about it?
(a) That climbing it would be a challenge soon overcome.
(b) That climbing it would be a challenge for future decades.
(c) That it was beautiful and impossible to climb.
(d) That it would be an easy climb.

6. How many day's'provisions did the first climbers to attempt the North Face bring?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

7. When do Rebitsch and Vörg finally attempt their climb?
(a) In the second week of August.
(b) In the last week of July.
(c) In the third week of August.
(d) In the first week of August.

8. In the third successful climb up the North Face, what nationality were Jermann's guides?
(a) German.
(b) British.
(c) Italian.
(d) Swiss.

9. 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?
(a) They wanted to acquire additional supplies.
(b) Waschak was beginning to become ill.
(c) They did not want to compete with the Swiss climbers.
(d) They were concerned about the weather.

10. What did Rebisch and Vörg do to make a place to spend the night on the mountain?
(a) They made a shelter of rocks.
(b) They cut seats in the ice.
(c) They made camp with their tents.
(d) They made a makeshift hut.

11. What obstacle befell Buhl and his group on the Spider during the 1952 climb?
(a) Surging waterfalls.
(b) A boulder falling.
(c) An avalanche.
(d) Impassible ice.

12. Which two members of the party injured their hands on the ascent?
(a) Heckmair and Harrer.
(b) Kasparek and Harrer.
(c) Heckmair and Vörg.
(d) Kasparek and Vörg.

13. What day did Harrer and Kasparek begin their 1938 climb of the North Face?
(a) July 28.
(b) July 21.
(c) July 14.
(d) July 7.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Harrer write about the North Face of the Eiger?

2. On Rebitsch and Vörg's return to the base of the North Face later in the month, what do they decide to do?

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

4. What did Kasparek do to make progress over the Second Ice Field easier?

5. Why did Heckmair and Vörg have modern equipment for their climb?

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