In Western societies between A.D. 1000 and 1800, divorce was next to impossible, but few marriages lasted more than about 10 or 20 years, owing to:
a. irreconcilable differences.
b. high death rates.
c. patrilineal societies.
d. matrilineal societies.
e. high economic cost of marriage.
ANSWER: b
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A) rites of passage. B) reincarnations. C) rituals of rebellion. D) symbolic rites. E) pilgrimage rites.
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