Question

What does the speaker mean by calling marriage a "monopoly, and not of the least invidious sort"? (paragraph 7)

A. Marriage increases the wealth of those who get married.
B. Married people manipulate situations to benefit themselves.
C. In a marriage, only one person has complete control.
D. Economic markets influence marriages.
E. Marriage is exclusive control of another person.

Answer 1

Answer: B, married people manipulate situations to benefit themselves

Explanation: he goes on to say that married people have priveleges unmarried people do not, but they only show certain advantages of marriage to other people. He then says "their less favoured neighbors, seeing little of the benefit, may the less be disposed to question the right"

Answer 2

C. In a marriage, only one person has complete control.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the paragraph seven of the "A Bachelor's Complaint of the Behaviour of Married People", Charles call marriage a "monopoly, and not of the least invidious sort" because in a marriage, only one person has complete control according to him.

He says that the person with the upper hand in a marriage always try to keep his/her privilege exclusively adamant towards his/her partner. It is not a matter of one-sided/invidious sort of control but rather a natural way of how marriages work. The one with the exclusive privilege control the other person.