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Short Story: "Marriage Is a Private Affair" by Chinua Achebe Answers

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Which scenario is an example of a cultural dilemma?

A
A child’s grandfather wants his son to parent in the same way he raised his own children.
B
A woman debates whether she should go to college or a trade school for her training.
C
A world traveler offends his Muslim host by crossing his legs and showing the bottom of his shoe.
D
A couple wants to send their child to a boarding school rather than a public school.
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What tension exists between the young couple at the beginning of the story "Marriage is a Private Affair"?

A
Nnaemeka wants to wait to be married until he can convince his father to give his blessing.
B
Nene wants to have an elaborate ceremony with lots of guests, but Nnaemeka wants a small wedding.
C
They discover their values are very different because of the differences in their tribal cultures.
D
Nnaemeka doesn’t show Nene his father’s letter announcing that he’s found a wife for Nnaemeka.
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Which excerpt from the story “Marriage Is a Private Affair” illustrates the tension between the characters best?

A
“That night he hardly slept, from . . . fear he might die . . . .”
B
“[I]t is impossible for me to marry Nweke’s daughter.”
C
“You have lived in Lagos all your life . . . .”
D
“Nnaemeka and his young wife were a most happy couple.”
4

What finally changes Okeke’s mind about seeing his son and family?

A
He learns that Nnaemeka has a terminal illness and will die soon.
B
Nene writes and begs him to see his two grandsons.
C
He finds out that Nnaemeka has divorced his wife and remarried.
D
Nnaemeka begs him to allow a visit before he dies so they can be reconciled.
5

The story tells us that “[t]he prejudice against Nnaemeka’s marriage was not confined to his little village.” How else is this idea revealed in the story?

A
The women at their village meeting treat Nene differently than they would one of their own.
B
The men at Nnaemeka’s office begin to make fun of him and shun him because of his Ibibio wife.
C
Nene is not allowed to go to the village meetings with her husband since she is not Ibo.
D
Nnaemeka’s father tells everyone in the village to avoid his son and wife because of their disobedience.
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How is the title “Marriage Is a Private Affair” ironic?

A
Nnaemeka had an affair while he was married to Nene, but she doesn’t know about it.
B
The marriage of Nnaemeka and Nene is not private at all because it is discussed by the entire village.
C
Okeke is secretly pleased with Nnaemeka’s choice of wife, but his pride won’t let him admit it.
D
Marriage can only be performed in a public ceremony, open to any who wants to attend.
7

Which kind of dilemma is illustrated by the statement, “[N]ever in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue”?

A
moral
B
generational
C
cultural
D
technical
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Which excerpt from the story “Marriage Is a Private Affair” reveals cultural differences that contribute to the dilemma?

A
“[Nene] kept her home much better than most of them [the Ibo women].”
B
“Okeke was trying hard not to think of his two grandsons.”
C
“The boy’s mind is diseased, and only a good herbalist can bring him back . . . .”
D
“Nnaemeka sat with his father under a cassia tree.”
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How is the tension between the characters reconciled in the story “Marriage Is a Private Affair”?

A
Okeke formally denounces his son and dies a bitter man.
B
Nnaemeka and Nene move to another country.
C
Okeke accepts Nene when he discovers her family is wealthy.
D
Okeke decides he will go to meet his grandchildren.
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What conflict develops for the engaged couple in the story “Marriage Is a Private Affair”?

A
Nene’s father objects to their marriage.
B
Nnaemeka’s father objects to their marriage.
C
Nnaemeka has fallen in love with another woman.
D
Nene does not want to move to Ibo.

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