Question

Read the passage.

It shall be a serious wrong for anyone to lead a lord into trivial affairs, for the people must ever hold their lords high in estimation out of respect to their honorable positions.

According to the Iroquois Constitution, why is it important for a lord to stay out of trivial affairs?


so the lordship can be passed on to his children


so he will not disagree with other lords about making laws


so the people can maintain their position of servitude


so he can maintain the integrity of his position

Answer 1

The literal reason given in the passage to avoid lead a lord into a trivial affair is “hold their lords high in estimation out of respect to their honorable positions”, the must not disrupt the title they had as lord compromising their image and their position. The answer is so he can maintain the integrity of his position