Bridewealth:
a. is the price a man pays for a wife in a commercial exchange.
b. increases the likelihood of a marriage ending in divorce.
c. tends to create bad relations between the families of the bride and groom.
d. legitimizes marriages and transfers rights over children to the father's family.
e. creates a network of strong alliances between the kinsmen of the bride's family.
Question 2
Which of the following is FALSE?
a. The monetization of bridewealth has increasingly created the view of marriage as a financial transaction.
b. The monetization of bridewealth has reduced the significance of marriage as an alliance between kin groups.
c. The monetization of bridewealth has been associated with the postponing of marriage until a later age.
d. The monetization of bridewealth has broken down the close interdependence between family members.
e. The monetization of bridewealth has led to greater freedom of choice on the part of the future spousesinvolved.
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