Question

instructions
read the question carefully and select the best answer.
which passage from the excerpt most strongly supports the correct answer to question 7?
a. \her masterpiece was the magnificent temple at the site known today as deir el - bahari.\
b. \perhaps, even after years on the throne, she felt a need to justify a woman’s right to rule.\
c. \on the walls of this temple, hatshepsut had artists carve and paint her biography. according to the story told on the walls of djeser - djeseru, she had been chosen as pharaoh by the gods themselves, even before her birth.\
d. \hatshepsut might have had to look and act like a man in public, but she never gave up feminine pleasures.\

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option in the context of supporting a claim (likely about Hatshepsut's rule/justification, though Question 7's prompt is missing, we infer from options):

• Option A: Discusses a temple (masterpiece), not directly about her rule/justification.
• Option B: Mentions "justifying a woman’s right to rule"—this directly relates to needing to validate her authority as a female pharaoh.
• Option C: Talks about her divine selection, but less about justifying her rule as a woman.
• Option D: Describes her public behavior, not justification for ruling.

Option B directly addresses Hatshepsut’s need to justify a woman’s right to rule, which is likely the focus of Question 7. Other options relate to temples, divine selection, or public behavior, not justification.

Answer:

B. "Perhaps, even after years on the throne, she felt a need to justify a woman’s right to rule."