The White Spider: The Story of the North Face of the Eiger Test | Final Test - Easy

Heinrich Harrer
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The White Spider: The Story of the North Face of the Eiger Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How far behind Radovan KuchaÅ™ and Zdeno Zibrin were the Polish team who reached the summit the same day?
(a) 14 hours.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 10 hours.
(d) 6 hours.

3. What area of the mountain is the Silver Trench on?
(a) The Ramp.
(b) The Second Ice Field.
(c) The Third Ice Field.
(d) The Spider.

4. 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.

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

6. According to Corti's report, what happened to him at the Spider?
(a) He broke a rib in an avalanche.
(b) He was hit in the head by a stone.
(c) He hurt his hand on a piton.
(d) He sprained his ankle in a rockslide.

7. What does Harrer suggest happened on the climb?
(a) Nothdurft's party was trapped behind Corti and Longhi.
(b) Corti and Longhi were trapped beind Nothdurft's party.
(c) The parties were unaware of each other for much of the climb.
(d) Despite appearances, Nothdurft's party was climbing along with Corti and Longhi.

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

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

10. How did Mayr climb from the First Ice Field to the Second Ice Field?
(a) In a longer, less steep crevice pathway.
(b) Straight up a rock.
(c) Through a traverse.
(d) By cutting ice steps up a slope.

11. 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 party in the lead would knock ice down the mountain.
(c) The party in the lead would destroy the steps they made in the ice.
(d) The parties would push past each other in the climb instead of joining.

12. What did Corti say happened to Günther Nothdurft and Franz Mayer as they started out to climb the North Face?
(a) Mayer twisted his ankle.
(b) Mayer began to get ill.
(c) They lost their equipment.
(d) They had an argument and could not get along.

13. Where did Boulaz, Attinger, Vaucher, and Darbellay bivouac on their second night?
(a) At the Mittellegi Hut.
(b) At the Swallow's Nest.
(c) Near the Ice Hose.
(d) Near the Ramp.

14. How far did Italian climber Walter Bonatti get in his solo attempt to climb the North Face in 1963?
(a) The Third Ice Field.
(b) The Spider.
(c) The Second Ice Field.
(d) The First Ice Field.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the Silver Trench silver?

2. When did Helmut Salger and Horst Wels climb the North Face?

3. Where was solo climber Diether Marchart on the mountain's face when he fell and died?

4. What relative of Nothdurft arrived in Grindelwald to await the rescue efforts?

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

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