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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. Was Nothdurft's diary found?
(a) Yes, but the entries were eroded.
(b) No, no trace of it was found.
(c) No, only a few unhelpful pages.
(d) Yes, but it contained no entries.

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

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

4. In 1957, what traces of Nothdurft and Mayer did search parties find?
(a) Indications that they had gotten lost on the way to the summit.
(b) Mayer's body but not Nothdurft.
(c) Indications that they had made the summit but been unable to descend.
(d) None.

5. Who made the last successful ascent of the North Face in 1961
(a) Erich Streng and Robert Troier.
(b) Georg Huber and Helmut Wagner.
(c) Hilti von Allmen and Ueli Hürlimann.
(d) Gerhard Mayer and Karl Frehsner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Longhi reportedly shout to rescuers?

2. According to Corti's report, what happened to him at the Spider?

3. 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?

4. What antagonistic action did observers note the climbers doing?

5. What did Corti say happened to Günther Nothdurft and Franz Mayer as they started out to climb the North Face?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what was done to lower Alfred Hellepart down the mountain in a rescue attempt.

2. How were Albert Rabada and Ernesto Navarra's bodies recovered?

3. What is Harrer's opinion about Corti's story that the two other climbers went on to send back help, leaving Corti behind after he was injured?

4. What were Nothdurft and Mayers' families reactions to the tragedy?

5. When did Mayr's climb seem to slow?

6. What made the Difficult Crack and the Hinterstoisser Traverse easier to climb for Mayr than for early climbers?

7. Describe the climb of the first women to attempt the North Face.

8. What was the weather like during Erich Vanis, Hans Ratay, and Karl Lugmayer's first night on the mountain in 1952?

9. Describe the attempt to climb the North Face by Brian Nally and Barry Brewster in 1962.

10. What happened in the attempts to climb the North Face in 1953?

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