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Death Rites Question Paper
Death Rites Question Paper
STANDARD 7
DEATH RITES QUESTION PAPER
DEATH RITES IN ATR IN BOTSWANA
1. Which one is the final stage of life?
A. marriage
B. puberty
C. birth
D. death
4. The body is washed in preparation for burial. A corpse nowadays is thereafter buried in ____________
A. cow skins
B. coffins and caskets
C. boxes
D. plastic bags
5. A building where a corpse is kept until the day before the burial is called a _________________
A. mortuary
B. abattoir
C. cold room
D. slaughter house
6. Why do we think in the past, a person would be buried on the same day or the following day after death?
A. So that people would stop crying
B. To bury the corpse before it would decay
C. So that they would eat all the food before other people arrived
D. To stop the vultures from feeding on the corpse
7. In villages, men (diphiri) dig the grave. In most communities, people are buried in a ______________
A. graveyard
B. bush
C. house
D. mortuary
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8. In the past, why were people buried with their tools and utensils?
A. So that they could continue working in the next world
B. So that they could guard themselves from enemies
C. So that they could not miss their hard-earned property
D. So that they could give them to God as presents
9. Someone who has lost a close relative or friend through death is said to be ________________
A. killed
B. crying
C. happy
D. bereaved
10. Why do mourners was their hands with water containing special herbal medicine?
A. To smell good
B. To take away the feeling of death
C. To take away sins
D. To prevent their death
14. In Christianity, the body is either taken to the graveyard for burial or cremated.
A. true
B. false
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16. If the body is cremated, the family is given the _______ of the person
A. beer
B. ashes
C. soul
D. hair
17. Throwing some soil into the grave after the coffin is lowered into the grave symbolizes the belief that _
A. we are so dirty that we deserve to go back to the soil
B. we are so sinful that we are to be confined to the soil
C. we are using the soil as a medium to carry our soul
D. we are made from soil and we therefore return to the soil
18. How do Christians express their identity within the death rite? Through _________
A. holding a birthday party
B. holding a death day party
C. holding a night vigil
D. crying a lot
22. When a person is about to die, the ____________ is read to him or her.
A. Torah
B. Bible
C. Qur’an
D. Dictionary
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23. What colour is the cloth that wraps a dead body in Islam?
A. White
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Blue
29. According to Islam, the dead body should be in contact with the soil when buried. Why is this so?
A. Because all people are equal
B. Because people are made soil and must return to the soil after death
C. To show respect for the dead body
D. Because the dead will rise again
30. What are the two values shown within the death rite in Islam?
A. honour
B. tolerance
C. laziness
D. greediness
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DEATH RITES IN HINDUISM
31. In Hinduism, mourners are discouraged from showing too much ____________ because the soul of the
deceased will be reborn.
A. happiness
B. laziness
C. anger
D. grief
33. On the funeral pyre, feet should point to the South because Hindus believe that this is where the god
___________, ___________ lives.
A. life, Vishnu
B. death, Yama
C. success, Ghee
D. happiness, Allah
35. The collected ashes are scattered in a river, preferably in the most sacred river called the ______
A. Nile river
B. Mississippi river
C. Limpopo river
D. Ganges river
36. Which ceremony marks the beginning of of a new life for the soul of a dead person?
A. Daastar bandi ceremony
B. Antam Sanskar ceremony
C. Kriya ceremony
D. Amrit ceremony
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DEATH RITES IN BUDDHISM
38. When a person is about to die, who chants verses to comfort and prepare him or her for life after death?
A. Monks
B. Pastor
C. Bishop
D. Guru Nanak
40. How does the body leave the house while it is carried out?
A. Through the main door
B. Through an unusual hole in the wall
C. With the head facing downwards
D. By means of a car
41. A man who leads the funeral procession to the crematorium carries a ___________ with him.
A. cellphone to call the police
B. white flag
C. long broom to sweep the way
D. red flag
42. How are the ashes of the cremated body disposed off in Buddhism? They are ___________
A. thrown into river Ganges
B. swallowed by the family members
C. buried or scattered in a special family place
D. thrown into the air
43. In Buddhism, death is welcome because it releases people from _________________
A. holiness and righteous ness
B. suffering and imperfect life
C. diseases
D. pleasure and joy
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46. The body of a dead person is taken to a place where dead bodies are burnt. This is called a ______
A. blast furnace
B. hot place or hell
C. crematorium
D. grave
47. There are two prayers that a re said before cremation, these are the ________________
A. Amrit
B. Sohila and the Ardas
C. Karah pasad and Granthi
D. Rosary and Holy prayer
49. After reading their holy book, they sing hymns and pray. Thereafter they share _____________
A. sweets
B. prayers
C. books
D. karah pasad
50. Sikhs believe that when you die, your soul is born in another body. This is called _____________
A. resurrection
B. rebirth
C. reincarnation
D. rapture
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