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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. What does Harrer recommend to climbers for protection from rocks?
(a) Sheets of protective metal.
(b) Quick wits.
(c) Plastic crash helmets.
(d) Protective climbing suits.

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

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

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

5. How many parties attempted to climb the North Face in 1954 and 1955?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do observers say that Corti and Longhi joined together with Nothdurft and Mayer?

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

3. What day did Sefano Longhi and Claudio Corti begin to climb the North Face?

4. According to Fritz von Almen's warning to Mayr, when would crossing the Third Ice Field be dangerous?

5. What did Bonatti say about why he turned back, ending his climb attempt?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What contradictions are there in Corti's accounts of Nothdurft during the climb?

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

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

5. Why does Harrer call the climb by Radovan KuchaÅ™ and Zdeno Zibrin cautious?

6. What happened when Derungs and Albrecht threw their extra equipment over the edge of the mountain after their last bivouac?

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

8. What is the controversy about the photograph of the German climbers on the mountain?

9. What happened to Erich Vanis, Hans Ratay, and Karl Lugmayer on the Ice Bulge?

10. 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?

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