Question

in the following passage, a boy in ancient egypt daydreams about what might happen to a block of gold. select the best evidence to support the statement that only zau the master is allowed to make gold objects for the pharaoh. it might become part of a wide and glittering collar, or the inlay on a fine dagger for some noblemans tomb—or better, a cup fit for pharaoh himself, shaped like a flower and hammered to fragile thinness.... such a cup as he had pictured could never come from this particular goldhouse. no one here had the skill to fashion it... zau the master could make anything. from his artists fingers sprang objects of such wonderful beauty—cups, bowls, boxes, necklaces, daggers, great golden collars, bracelets, exquisite amulets—that pharaoh himself would be served by no other smith. to think i might have been his pupil someday, if my father had lived, ranofer thought. from eloise jarvis mcgraw, the golden goblet. copyright 1961 by eloise jarvis mcgraw

Explanation:

The passage states that no other smith in the goldhouse had the skill to fashion the high-quality gold objects Zau could make, and that Ranofer thought he could only have been Zau's pupil if his father had lived. The strongest evidence is the line explicitly noting no other smith could match Zau's skill.

Answer:

"Zau the Master could make anything. From his artist's fingers sprang objects of such wonderful beauty—cups, bowls, boxes, necklaces, daggers, great golden collars, bracelets, exquisite amulets—that Pharaoh himself would be served by no other smith."