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 wants to marry Nene.

Question 2

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

B: It shows Okeke’s belief that a father should choose the person his child marries.

Question 3

Which evidence from the passage best supports the conclusion that this culture is a patriarchy?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

B: "They are most unhappy if the engagement is not arranged by them."

Question 4

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

B: Men made the decisions regarding marriage and women did not.; C: Women's feelings about love were not traditionally considered.

Question 5

What experiences in Achebe’s life led him to write the story?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: As citizen of Nigeria and the US, Achebe was interested in the impact of western culture on Nigerian culture.

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 increases because of her homemaking skills.; E: The women of Nnaemeka’s tribe do not accept Nene because she is an outsider.

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