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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the party of three climbers in 1958 who climbed to the Flatiron before one was injured by a stone?
(a) They were taken off the mountain by rescuers.
(b) They climbed down to the Gallery Window the next day.
(c) They were stranded on the mountain and died.
(d) They descended the mountain, but one died in a fall.

2. How long was Paul Etter and Martin Epp's ascent up the North Face?
(a) 13 hours.
(b) Three days.
(c) A day and a half.
(d) Five days.

3. To what does Harrer attribute the fact that Longhi was unable to climb up the rope after he fell?
(a) It would have been impossible.
(b) He was disoriented by the fall.
(c) He didn't know the proper technique.
(d) His wrist was strained and swollen.

4. What happened to Lugmayer during the climb?
(a) He slipped and was caught by Ratay's rope.
(b) He was injured in a watershed.
(c) He was hit by a stone.
(d) He lost his pack.

5. How many women were in the team who attempted to climb the North Face in July, 1962?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

6. What put the claims of two Swiss climbers who said they climbed the North Face in one day in doubt?
(a) Testimony of witnesses from the ground.
(b) Photos.
(c) Testimony of other climbers.
(d) Testimony of the Swiss climbers' families.

7. When did Helmut Salger and Horst Wels climb the North Face?
(a) September, 1963.
(b) July, 1963.
(c) August, 1963.
(d) June, 1963.

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

9. How did von Almen watch Mayr's ascent?
(a) From the railway window.
(b) Through a telescope.
(c) From the foot of the North Face with binoculars.
(d) From an airplane.

10. How many successful ascents of the North Face were made in 1956?
(a) None.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

11. How did Radovan KuchaÅ™ and Zdeno Zibrin climb up to the Exit Cracks?
(a) Up the Spider in avalanche conditions.
(b) Up the rocks, bypassing the Spider.
(c) Through a traverse along the edge of the spider.
(d) Up the Spider, amidst rock and water falls.

12. 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) Corti and Longhi.
(b) Etter and Henkel.
(c) Vaucher and Attinger.
(d) Gonda and Wyss.

13. How many nights did Corti, Longhi, Nothdurft and Mayer bivouac on the North Face?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.

14. Was the filmed climb of Lothar Brandler, Jörg Lehne, and Sigfried Löw up the North Face successful?
(a) No, but the film made it seem successful.
(b) Yes, but the film was unusable.
(c) Yes, for two of the climbers.
(d) No, the weather conditions were too harsh.

15. What cliff on the North Face did Karl Reiss attempt to climb?
(a) A cliff from the Third Ice Field to the Spider.
(b) A cliff from the First Ice Field to the Second Ice Field.
(c) A cliff from the Spider to the summit.
(d) A cliff from the Second Ice Field to the Third Ice Field.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Derungs and Albrecht use instead of a bivouac bag on their ascent up the North Face?

2. What nationality were Erich Vanis, Hans Ratay, and Karl Lugmayer?

3. What caused Boulaz, Attinger, Vaucher, and Darbellay to turn back?

4. Where were Nothdurft and Mayer's bodies finally found?

5. What happened to Söhnel and Moosmüller on their attempt to climb the North Face in 1956?

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