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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of weather hit when Terray and Lachenal reached the Spider, during their climb in 1946?
(a) A snowstorm.
(b) A windstorm.
(c) Fog.
(d) A thunderstorm.

3. How tall was the icy gully that Buhl climbed the day after climbing the Spider?
(a) 30 feet.
(b) 70 feet.
(c) 90 feet.
(d) 50 feet.

4. Where did Rebitch and Vörg end their third day?
(a) The Swallow's Nest.
(b) The Death Bivouac.
(c) The railroad tunnel.
(d) The Mittellegi Hut.

5. What year was the Eiger's North Face still climbed?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1938.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who did Harrer tell about his plans to climb the North Face?

4. When was the first attempt to climb the North Face?

5. In the third successful climb up the North Face, what nationality were Jermann's guides?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the White Spider.

2. What seemed unexplainable about Primas and Gollackner's actions on their climb?

3. Describe the end of Sedlmayer and Mehringer's attempt to climb the North Face.

4. When Australian and Swiss teams both climbed the North Face at approximately the same time, how far apart did they reach the summit?

5. What did Rebitsch and Vörg do, after a harrowing climb on the mountain, when they learned that Gollackner had died on the mountain?

6. What blocked the descent from Buhl and Jöchler's bivouac spot below the Rote Fluh?

7. How were photos taken of the climbers traversing toward the Spider?

8. What metaphor did the author use to describe the societal function of mountain climbing?

9. Describe the ascent of Buhl, Jöchler, the Maags, and the French through the Ramp.

10. After Buhl, Jöchler, the Maags, and the French traveled up the Spider, in what arrangement did they bivouac?

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