During the Golden Age of Athens, male citizens

From the options listed, the best is:

could hold an office if they were chosen by lot.

had no control over how they were governed. - this is not true! Athens was known to be a democracy

could hold an office if they were chosen by lot.

-true! this is how democracy works, and Athens was known to be the first democracy

were elected to office as representative officials.

-the thing is, not all citizens were elected,

took part in government only if they were wealthy

-not true! some citizens were poor