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