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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What qualities does Harrer say are necessary to climb the White Spider?
(a) Courage, playfulness, self-confidence, and pride.
(b) Honesty, openness, courage, and honor.
(c) Enthusiasm, courage, daring, and focus.
(d) Patience, calm, sense, and courage.

2. Where did Allmen call to Toni Kurz and his party from?
(a) An opposite ridge.
(b) A hut on the mountain.
(c) A tent across an ice field.
(d) A window to the railroad.

3. Where did Toni Kurz die?
(a) At the bottom of the mountain, after being brought down by rescuers.
(b) On the mountain, before rescuers could arrive.
(c) On he way down the mountain, being carried by rescuers.
(d) On the mountain, feet away from rescuers.

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

5. How did the mountaineer who first climbed the Eiger write his account?
(a) In an article in the Alpine Journal.
(b) In an article for the London Times.
(c) In a letter to the Alpine Journal.
(d) In a short, self-published book.

6. What was Guiseppe Piravano and Bruno Detassis's ultimate goal in attempting to climb the North Face?
(a) To win the glory of being the first to conquer the North Face.
(b) To write a book about climbing the North Face.
(c) To eventually guide tourists up the North Face.
(d) To win glory for their country of Italy.

7. Where did Rebitsch and Vörg climb to, after spending the night on the mountain?
(a) The railroad tunnel.
(b) The Hintertoisser Traverse.
(c) The Death Bivouac.
(d) The Mittellegi Hut.

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

9. How high is the Eiger?
(a) 13,041 feet.
(b) 19,041 feet.
(c) 10,041 feet.
(d) 16, 041 feet.

10. Which of the following pairs climbed the North Face in one day in July 1952, the seventh ascent?
(a) Otto and Sepp Maag.
(b) Pierre Julien and Maurice Coutin.
(c) Sepp Larch and Karl Winter.
(d) Heinrich Harrer and Erich Vanis.

11. What disadvantage did the Maags have during their climb?
(a) They were underequipped.
(b) Otto had a disfigured foot.
(c) Otto had injured his wrist.
(d) They were ill.

12. What is the relationship between Otto and Sepp Maag?
(a) Second cousins.
(b) Brothers.
(c) Father and son.
(d) Cousins.

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

14. How many climbers were in the first ascent to the top of the North Face?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

15. How does Harrer view change and the Eiger mountain?
(a) He sees the Eiger as resisting change and changing slowly.
(b) He sees the Eiger as ever changing.
(c) He sees the Eiger as always changing.
(d) He sees the Eiger as changing in short bursts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far did Schlunegger and Krähenbühl climb in 1946 before having to climb back down?

2. Who was the first mountaineer to climb the Eiger?

3. Who led the climb down the mountain after the ascent?

4. What year was the Eiger first climbed?

5. What type of weather hit when Terray and Lachenal reached the Spider, during their climb in 1946?

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