English 9 | Module 1 | Lesson 10: Quiz "Author's Viewpoint and Purpose"

excerpt from "The Dream Comes True"by Tenzing Norgay It was such a sight as I had never seen before and would never see again: wild, wonderful and terrible. But terror was not what I felt. I loved the mountains too well for that. I loved Everest too well. At that great moment for which I had waited all my life my mountain did not seem to me a lifeless thing of rock and ice, but warm and friendly and living. What is the author's viewpoint of Everest in this excerpt?

Everest is a worthy adversary that he respects and admires.

In "The Final Assault," Hillary explains how he and Tenzing Norgay climbed Mount Everest together. How does Norgay contribute to the success of the climb?

He belays Hillary with rope support up the mountain which reduces the risk of Hillary from falling.

What is Tenzing Norgay's viewpoint in "A Dream Comes True" about being one of the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest?

Norgay thinks that his and Hillary's climb was a victory not only for themselves but for their nations and all men.

In "The Dream Comes True," how does Tenzing Norgay develop the idea that he's setting the record straight about his Mount Everest climb with Edmund Hillary?

by presenting specific details from Hillary's written account of the climb and then explaining what he believes are the true facts

Read this excerpt from "The Final Assault" by Sir Edmund Hillary. With the debris we chopped out of the slope we tried to build up the platform on the downhill side, but almost invariably saw it collapse and go roaring down over the bluffs below. At times we were buffeted by wind and snow, yet we worked doggedly on, knowing that our tent was our only chance of survival against the rigors of the night. Which statement best describes the author's purpose in this excerpt?

to inform the readers about how they set up their tent