Question

The person with the lowest status in the Chinese household was

A) an unmarried son.
B) the mother of grown sons.
C) a young husband.
D) dead ancestors.
E) a daughter-in-law.

Answer 1

E) a daughter-in-law

Answer 2

This depends slightly on the time period in question of course, but the best option from the list would be "E) a daughter-in-law", since women for a long period were treated with far less respect than men.