Unit 6 cultures in conflict
10. what would not be an interpretation of the title �no witchcraft for sale? �
a. gideon�s secret spells and incantations.
b. gideon�s medicine has legitimate value.
c. gideon�s refusal to share his knowledge.
d. gideon�s knowledge is not for sale.

11. one definition of protagonist is �the character with whom readers empathize the most.� using this definition, who do you consider to be the protagonist of �marriage is a private affair�?
a. nene
b. okeke
c. nnaemeka
d. all of the above

12. in �marriage is a private affair�, what does the resolution between nene and the ibo women suggest about traditions and different groups of people?
a. traditions and different cultures are not important.
b. modern women can�t get along if they have different traditions and cultures.
c. getting to know a person dissolve prejudice.
d. traditions give rise to prejudice in different culture.

13. in �marriage is a private affair�, okeke�s reaction to nene�s letter suggests that
a. he is capable of deep emotion
b. he places great value on familial bonds and relationships
c. both a and b
d. only a

14. the storm described after okeke reads nene�s words represents
a. okeke�s emotions
b. nnaemeka�s emotions
c. achebe�s emotions
d. nene�s emotions

15. what was one key idea in nene�s letter to okeke?
a. people should find shelter in a storm.
b. children should not bear the consequences of adult feuds.
c. lagos is very far from home.
d. okeke should forgive nene.

16. in �nectar in a sieve�, what is the main difference between rukmani and the other women?
a. rukmani tries to hold on to the past.
b. rukmani wears the most beautiful clothes.
c. the other women try to hold on to the past.
d. rukmani enjoys tea shops.

17. rukmani�s father was
a. a poor farmer
b. a sailor
c. the village blacksmith
d. a headman in the village

18. rukmani views modernization as
a. a new, hopeful beginning
b. increased hardships and relatively few improvements in life
c. too far in the future
d. a chance to purchase improved farming equipment

19. what does markandaya say about the impact of tradition giving way to modernity in �nectar in a sieve�?
a. there are no traces of tradition in a modern society
b. modernity has trampled on the past rather than building upon it
c. modernity has both positive and negative consequences
d. culture and history become lost in modernity

20. how are �marriage is a private affair� and the excerpt from nectar in a sieve similar with regard to what they show about the consequences of imperialism?
a. both deal mostly with the experiences of the oppressed or subjugated indigenous people under an imperialist system or in a nation emerging from imperialist control.
b. both show the ways in which imperialism leads to modernization and the dismantling of traditional ways of life
c. both recognize that modernization is not an inherently bad thing.
d. all of the above

10.- B. Gideon's medicine has legitimate value

11.- C. Nnaemeka

12.- C. Getting to know a person helps dissolve prejudice

13.- A. He is capable of deep emotions

14.- B. Nnaemeka's emotions.

15.- B. Children should not bear the consequences of adults feuds

16.- A. Rukmani tries to hold on to the past.

17.- D. headman in the village.

18.- A. a new, hopeful beginning

19.- B. Modernity has trampled on the past rather than building upon it.

20.- C. Both recognize that modernization is not an inherently bad thing.

Explanation: In the last question it is more clear that modernization is not a bad thing because if Rukani had tried another way of making a living he wouldn't have had to struggle so much in life, but nobody knows the future. If Okeke had accepted Nnaemeka's marriage he would have had his grandchildren next to him.

with mrs. linde, nora reveals her insensitivity and lack of shame about the forgery she committed. she implies that mrs. linde has obviously aged since they last met 10 years earlier, which accounts for nora’s inability to recognize her old friend. although nora seems sympathetic to mrs. linde’s plight, she can’t seem to control herself from boasting about her three children, her husband’s recent promotion, and how good she feels to finally have some money to spend. in a way, she seems to be flaunting her good fortune in front of mrs. linde who, deprived of all these benefits, has come to ask nora for . it is also through her interactions with mrs. linde that we realize something deeper lies under nora’s seemingly childish exterior. she reveals the secret of her forgery to mrs. linde and seems to see herself as quite resourceful for having done it.

in the company of dr. rank, nora is freer than she is with her own husband. she openly laughs with joy at knowing that all the other bank employees will be under her husband’s control. she offers dr. rank a macaroon, apparently forgetting that he knows she is forbidden to eat them. she then quickly covers for herself by claiming that mrs. linde brought them. nora seems much more assertive and free with these other characters, as well as unabashedly willing to scheme, lie, and justify her transgressions as altruistic.  

krogstad provides an interesting parallel to nora. like nora, he too is guilty of committing forgery, for which torvald condemns him and decides to fire him. although krogstad is a man and nora a woman, their crimes of forgery unite them. in fact, krogstad might represent what nora would be like if she were a man and were not strictly scrupulous like her husband is. for example, she tells mrs. linde that "a barrister's profession is such an uncertain thing, especially if he won't undertake unsavoury cases; and naturally torvald has never been willing to do that." perhaps nora would have delved into the unsavory, given how opposite she is to her husband. krogstad's is also the only harsh voice of reality that nora is forced to hear, and that is because he blackmails her for her regaining his job at the bank. finally, torvald’s reaction to krogstad’s forgery seems to foreshadow his harsh and cold reaction to nora’s forgery.