What is most closely the meaning of prowess as it is used in the passage below (paragraph 10)?
Creative writing programs are notorious for the feelings of resentment that brew when
students feel like a bunch of blood-hungry dogs made to scrap over funds granted on the
basis of artistic prowess, but my colleagues were supportive of my scholarship.
O skill or ability
O artistic
O speedy
O jealousy

cabeza de vaca was an spanish explorer and n his long exploration of 11,000.km. from florida to present-day mexico, he went through a series of calamities and setbacks that only added to his deeds. he applied his religious creed with the humanist idea, always current and universal, that all men were equal before god and destiny without any discrimination. as an explorer, he became a slave to the tipinoga, then his shaman pointer, later and after an operation of heart to an indian (from which both came alive) he achieved stardom and became a hero followed by a crowd that professed unusual respect and admiration.

the answer would be a