Multiple choice

Directions: In a certain society, there are two marriage groups, Red and Brown. No marriage is permitted within a group. On marriage, males become part of their wife's group: women remain in their own group. Children belong to the same group as their parents. Widowers and divorced males revert to the group of their birth. Marriage to more than one person at the same time and marriage to a direct descendant are forbidden. If widowers and divorced males retained the group they had upon marrying, which of the following would have been permissible?(Assume no previous marriages occurred)

  1. A woman marrying her dead sister's husband

  2. A woman marrying her divorced daughter's ex-husband

  3. A widower marrying his brother's daughter

  4. A woman marrying her mother's brother, who is a widower

  5. A divorced male marrying his ex-wife's divorced sister
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Explanation

Under the hypothetical rule, widowers keep their married group instead of reverting to birth group. A woman's mother's brother is her uncle. If he's a widower, he would retain whatever group he acquired from his marriage. Since a woman stays in her birth group and the uncle is in a different group (his wife's), their marriage would be between different groups and thus permitted.

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