________ refer to marriages in which parents would select marriage partners for their children, sometimes shortly after their birth, based on what was considered best for the family, and the prospective marriage partners had little other choice

a. Participant-run romances
b. Arranged marriages
c. Parent-run courtships
d. Plural marriages


Answer: b

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