Question 2 • CA-Common Core English Language Arts 10
A patriarchal system gives men—especially fathers or male elders—authority in family and community life. Arranging marriages for most couples shows that the village’s traditional authorities control important family decisions. The other choices describe cultural diversity, a move to the city, or a son’s respect for his father, but do not demonstrate that kind of authority as directly.
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