Question

Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this text.

Which evidence from the text "Lake Titicaca" by Miguel Ángel Asturias supports the inference that Lake Titicaca's waters must have special powers?

Responses

"Waves of gigantic, seamless mass from the Cretaceous that become, at the height of the American world, the fairest crown of water: Titicaca."
"Waves of gigantic, seamless mass from the Cretaceous that become, at the height of the American world, the fairest crown of water: Titicaca."

"Mineral water. Other American lakes have vegetable waters. The sun knows it. And it is not a heavenly body, but a foundry in the west."
"Mineral water. Other American lakes have vegetable waters. The sun knows it. And it is not a heavenly body, but a foundry in the west."

"I saw, as the sun was setting, the conquistadors’ steel shadows sink in search of the city of gold, hidden by the waters of this Andean sweet-lake sea."
"I saw, as the sun was setting, the conquistadors’ steel shadows sink in search of the city of gold, hidden by the waters of this Andean sweet-lake sea."

"Water in which the armor of the Incan empire’s conquistadors has not rusted. And it has been entombed already for centuries in its profound vase."

Answer 1

"Water in which the armor of the Incan empire’s conquistadors has not rusted. And it has been entombed already for centuries in its profound vase."

Explanation: the claim that metal armor has not rusted despite being submerged for centuries directly implies the lake’s waters have unusual, preservative properties — evidence of special powers.