Read the selection below from Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift and answer the question that follows.

There is likewise another diversion which is only shown before the emperor and the empress, and first minister, upon particular occasions. The emperor lays on the table three fine silken threads of six inches long; one is purple, the other yellow, and the third white. These threads are proposed as prizes for those persons whom the emperor has a mind to distinguish by a peculiar mark of his favor. . . . The emperor holds a stick in his hands, both ends parallel to the horizon, while the candidates advancing, one by one, sometimes leap over the stick, sometimes creep under it, backward and forward, several times, according as the stick is advanced or depressed.

Which sentence summarizes the passage best?

The emperor rewards his subjects for jumping over and under a stick.
The narrator enjoys spending time with the emperor.
The emperor and empress have no respect for their subjects.
The threads and sticks used in games must be replaced at the end of each day.

The "silken threads" as mentioned on the text, are the rewards the emperor wishes to give to his subjects for doing what he is claiming: jumping over and under the stick, we know this for the following line: while the candidates advancing, one by one, sometimes leap over the stick, sometimes creep under it, backward and forward. We have the word "candidates", which are the subjects, and "leap over the stick" is the act of jumping over it.

The second option is the most akward, as the narrator has nothing to do in the story, he only tells is. The third option isn't possible either for there is no prompt for knowing that both, the empress and emperor have no respect for their subjects, and the final option is unknown as it doesn't mention whether the threads and sticks should be replaced or not, again, there is no prompt as for the reader to know that from this excerpt.