Question

instructions
read the question carefully and select the best answer.
which sentence from the excerpt most strongly supports the correct answer to question 5?
a. “at first, little tuthmosis iii was considered the pharaoh, and hapshetsut just his second - in - command.”
b. “it was a job hatshepsut, perhaps just fifteen years old, had been training for since her earliest days at her father’s side.”
c. “there is no reliable record of exactly when or how it happened, but at some point, hatshepsut took a bold and unprecedented step: she had herself crowned pharaoh with the large, heavy, red - and - white double crown of the two egypts, north and south.”
d. “there was no word in the language of ancient egypt for a female ruler; a queen was simply the wife of a king.”

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option A: Talks about Tuthmosis and Hapshetsut’s role, not directly about female rulers.
• Option B: Describes Hatshepsut’s training, not about female ruler terminology.
• Option C: Focuses on Hatshepsut’s coronation, not language for female rulers.
• Option D: States there was no word for a female ruler in ancient Egyptian language (a queen was just “wife of a king”), which would support a question about female leadership/terminology in ancient Egypt.

Answer:

D. "There was no word in the language of ancient Egypt for a female ruler; a queen was simply the wife of a king."