Question

read the excerpt from \marriage is a private affair\ by chinua achebe.

nnaemeka, for his own part, was very deeply affected by his father’s grief. but he kept hoping that it would pass away. if it had occurred to him that never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue, he might have been less optimistic. \it has never been heard,\ was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later. in that short sentence he spoke for all of his people. this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke when news went round about his son’s behaviour. by that time the son had gone back to lagos.

\it has never been heard,\ said the old man again with a sad shake of his head.

\what did our lord say?\ asked another gentleman.

\sons shall rise against their fathers; it is there in the

what cultural value does this excerpt of the text best reveal?

○ the rejection of religious teachings
○ the mandate to marry within one’s tribe
○ nnaemeka’s eagerness to return to the city
○ okeke’s pride in being a patriarch

Explanation:

The excerpt emphasizes that in Nnaemeka's community, marrying someone from a different tribe (who speaks a different tongue) is unheard of. The old man's statement "It has never been heard" and the community's reaction to Nnaemeka's marriage show the cultural value of marrying within one's tribe. The other options are incorrect: there's no rejection of religious teachings (in fact, a religious quote is used), Nnaemeka's return to the city is not a cultural value, and Okeke's pride as a patriarch is not the main cultural value revealed here.

Answer:

the mandate to marry within one's tribe