Read the excerpt and then choose the option that offers the best evidence for the
author's viewpoint below. VIEWPOINT- The ridge can be an intimidating place.
In the narrow crest of this ridge, the basic rock of the mountain had a thin capping of
snow and ice-ice that reached out over the East Face in enormous cornices,
overhanging and treacherous, and only waiting for the careless foot of the
mountaineer to break off and crash 10,000 feet into the Kangshung Glacier. And
from the cornices the snow dropped steeply to the left to merge with the enormous
rock bluffs which towered 8,000 feet.
a. “In the narrow crest of this ridge, the basic rock of the mountain had a thin
capping of snow and ice."
B. “...ice that reached out over the East Face in enormous cornices, overhanging
and treacherous.
C. “And from the cornices the snow dropped steeply to the left to merge with the
enormous rock bluffs which towered 8,000 feet."
D. All answers apply.

Which two lines in this excerpt from arthur conan doyle's "the contest" suggest that emperor nero was ruthless? each choice is in brackets. [an hour later the shepherd was well on his way to his mountain home, and about the same time the emperor, having received the chaplet of olympia for the incomparable excellence of his performance, was making inquiries with a frowning brow as to who the insolent person might be who had dared to utter such contemptuous criticisms.] [“bring him to me here this instant,” said he, “and let marcus with his knife and branding-iron be in attendance.”] [“rumours! ” cried the angry nero. “what do you mean, arsenius? i tell you that the fellow was an ignorant upstart, with the bearing of a boor and the voice of a peacock.] [i have half a mind to burn their town about their ears so that they may remember my visit.”] [“i conquered! you are mad, arsenius. what do you mean? ”] [it is whispered that for once the great god pan has condescended to measure himself against a mortal.”]