Which statement about historical context is most relevant to the passage?
Read the passage from "Marriage Is a Private Affair" by
Chinua Achebe. In this conversation, Nnaemeka speaks
first, and Nene speaks second.
"You have lived in Lagos all your life, and you know very
little about people in remote parts of the country."
"That's what you always say. But I don't believe anybody
will be so unlike other people that they will be unhappy
when their sons are engaged to marry."
"Yes. They are most unhappy if the engagement is not
arranged by them. In our case it's worse you are not
even an Ibo."
This was said so seriously and so bluntly that Nene
could not find speech immediately. In the cosmopolitan
atmosphere of the city it had always seemed to her
something of a joke that a person's tribe could determine
whom he married.
People in large cities and rural villages had different
opinions of members of the Ibo tribe.
lbos and non-lbos had different opinions of how
people should choose marriage partners.
o People in large cities and rural villages had different
opinions of how people should choose marriage
partners.
Ibos and non-Ibos disagreed about whether it was
appropriate for young men to live in large cities.