Applying Critical Approaches to Literary Analysis

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Question 1

What is the main conflict in the story?

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C: Nnaemeka’s father wants him to marry a neighbor, but Nnaemeka marries Nene.

Question 2

How does this passage demonstrate that this culture is a patriarchy?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

D: Okeke disowns Nnaemeka for not marrying the woman he chose.

Question 3

Which quotation from the passage best suggests future change to the tradition for women?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: “The old man at once felt the resolution he had built up over so many years falling in.”

Question 4

What does this passage suggest about the role of women in this society? Check all that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

B: Men hold power over women.; C: Women are not treated as equal.; D: Women’s roles are defined by men.

Question 5

How does the passage show that the father-son conflict is characteristic of the larger historical context of the story? Check all that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: Nigerian tradition dictated that people marry within their tribe.; D: Tribes were losing their influence as people moved to urban areas.; E: Nene’s father would probably have forbidden the intertribal marriage, just as Okeke does.

Question 6

Which details from the passage best demonstrate the reliance on tribal traditions in Nigerian society? Check all that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

C: “Never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue.”; D: “‘It has never been heard,’ was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later.”; E: “This man had come with others to commiserate with Okeke.”

Question 7

What traditional values shape the women’s attitudes toward Nene? Check all that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

C: Nene’s value to them soars because of her homemaking skills.; E: The women of Nnaemeka’s tribe treat Nene differently because she is an outsider.

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