This passage most strongly speaks to what line of social commentary made in the story? *
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The value and prestige of foreign objects in the Egyptian household
The objectification and commodification of women in Egyptian society
The discomfort and artificiality of arranged marriages in Egypt
The contempt the lower class feels for the wealth of the business class
The term “dowry” refers to what cultural practice? *
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the announcing of the marriage at a huge party funded by the groom
the gift or payment a man pays to his bride’s family
the father presenting the groom with a cow or goat on the wedding day
a legal contract similar to a prenuptial agreement that secures the man’s funds