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Chinua Achebe, Marriage Is a Private Affair

Chinua Achebe, Marriage Is a Private Affair

Read Marriage Is a Private Affair and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. What are Nene and Nnaemeka discussing in the story’s opening?

when to tell Nnaemeka’s father that they are getting married

whether to get married or just live together

whether Nnaemeka’s father is well enough to attend their wedding

where their marriage should take place

2. What does Nene do for a living?

She is a librarian.

She is a teacher.

She is a minister.

She is a cook.

3. What does an old man say to Nnaemeka’s father when he learns of Nnaemeka’s marriage?

“Congratulations!”

“It has never been heard.”

“This is a disgrace!”

“He will live to regret it.”

4. What does Nnaemeka’s father do when he receives a wedding picture from Nene and Nnaemeka?

He burns it.

He cuts off Nene and returns it.

He buries it in the yard.

He frames it.

5. How does Nnaemeka’s father learn of his two grandsons?

He receives a letter from the children.

He learns the news through village gossip.

He receives a visit from his son.

He receives a letter from Nene.