Answers ELA 10B - 2023Applying Critical Approaches to Literary Analysis

Applying Critical Approaches to Literary Analysis Answers

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What is the main conflict in the story?

Nene wants a tribal wedding, but Nnaemeka wants an urban ceremony.

The village elders want Okeke to disown Nnaemeka, but he does not want to.

Nnaemeka's father wants him to marry a neighbor, but Nnaemeka wants to marry Nene.

Nnaemeka's father thinks that women should not teach, but Nene is a dedicated teacher.

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

It compares the ways of people in the city to the ways of people in the remote country.

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

It convinces Nene that she should not marry Nnaemeka because his father will not approve.

It causes Nnaemeka unhappiness for not marrying the woman his father chose.

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

"You have lived in Lagos all your life, and you know very little about people in remote parts of the country."

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

"In our case it's worse—you are not even an Ibo."

"…it had always seemed to her something of a joke that a person's tribe could determine whom he married."

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

Women and men jointly made the decisions regarding marriage and family.

Men made the decisions regarding marriage and women did not.

Women's feelings about love were not traditionally considered.

Women and men were always treated equally.

Women in traditional society wanted to change their role.

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

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

As a university professor, Achebe was expected to write about his life in Nigeria.

As an activist, Achebe was trying to change a Nigerian tradition to a western tradition.

As a parent in the US, Achebe’s children had no experience of Nigerian culture.

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

"Nnaemeka…was very deeply affected by his father's grief."

"But he kept hoping that it would pass away."

"Never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue."

"'It has never been heard,' was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later."

"This man had come with others to commiserate with Okeke."

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

The women befriend Nene because they value Nnaemeka.

Nigerian fathers encourage their children to challenge tradition.

Nene’s value to them increases because of her homemaking skills.

The women of Nnaemeka’s tribe are indifferent toward Nene.

The women of Nnaemeka’s tribe do not accept Nene because she is an outsider.

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