The sororate is a marriage custom in which _____
a. a widow is expected to marry the brother or another close relative of her dead husband
b. a widower is expected to marry the sister or another close relative of his dead wife
c. a man marries his stepsister
d. a man takes his brother’s widow as a wife
e. a woman takes her dead husband’s cousin
ANSWER:
b
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