Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Let the reader make no mistake. I was married, not betrothed. For in kathiawad there are two distinct rites—betrothal and marriage. Betrothal is a preliminary promise on the part of the parents of the boy and the girl to join them in marriage, and it is not inviolable. According to this excerpt from the story of my experiments with truth, a betrothal is a(n) _____.

Answer 1

negotiable pact

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Hello, You forgot to enter the answer options. The options are:

official wedding

negotiable pact

uncompromising agreement

spiritual union

Answer:

negotiable pact

Step-by-step explanation:

The narrator shows that the engagement is a preliminary promise between two families and although this is a serious promise, it is not inviolable, allowing negotiations and even withdrawals. With that, we can consider that according to the text, the violable nature of the engagement allows it to be a negotiable pact, where each family establishes the benefits they want to obtain from it.