Death Rites Question Paper

RELIGIOUS AND MORAL EDUCATION
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
2. Why has the traditional culture of Batswana change? It is due to ________________

A. the influence of the English language
B. the influence of the South African culture
C. the influence of the European culture and Christianity
D. the influence of different presidents who ruled Botswana
3. In case of death in a family, the first step to take is to _________________

A. pray for the dead person
B. cry as loudly as possible
C. inform other people about the death
D. run away from home while screaming
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
Adopted from Crescent School, Retyped & modified by Mr O. Abeilwe (Mogotho primary School)
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
11. The shaving of the head symbolizes _______________

A. sadness, mourning
B. joy, happiness
C. hell
D. heaven
12. Which value is shown within the death rite?

A. selfishness
B. respect
C. cooperation
D. prayer
DEATH RITES IN CHRISTIANITY

13. A day before the burial, people sing and pray the whole night. This is called a __________________
A. night with God
B. night with a corpse
C. sweet night of prayer
D. night vigil
14. In Christianity, the body is either taken to the graveyard for burial or cremated.
A. true
B. false
15. A ____________, Minister or a Priest usually lead the prayer service.

A. Prophet
B. Headmaster
C. Guru nanak
D. Pastor
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
19. What is the teaching within the rites?

A. Good people go to heaven and bad ones go to hell
B. Christians believe in life after death
C. Showing respect for the dead
D. Men to wear their jackets
20. Where is the ceremony held?

A. In a kraal
B. In church or crematorium
C. In a school
D. at the Kgotla
DEATH RITES IN ISLAM

21. Muslims bury their dead. The burial should take place within ________ hours of death.
A. 12
B. 48
C. 20
D. 24
22. When a person is about to die, the ____________ is read to him or her.
A. Torah
B. Bible
C. Qur’an
D. Dictionary
23. What colour is the cloth that wraps a dead body in Islam?
A. White
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Blue
24. Muslims bury people in coffins.

A. true
B. false
25. Women do not usually go to grave for the burial.

A. true
B. false
26. In which direction does the body face when it is buried?

A. Hell
B. Heaven
C. Saudi Arabia
D. Mecca
27. Why the dead body wrapped in white cloth?

A. Because the corpse is holy
B. Because the cloth protects the corpse from dirt.
C. Because all people are equal
D. So that the body translates to heaven at once
28. According to Islam, there is life after death.

A. true
B. false
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
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
32. In Hinduism, bodies are cremated. What does this mean?

A. burying
B. building
C. burning
D. cutting into pieces
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
34. What do mourners do after the funeral?

A. They go back home and eat with others
B. They are reborn
C. They bathe and change their clothes
D. They throw a party
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
37. What is offered to the dead during the ceremony?

A. fish and chips
B. rice and milk
C. chicken licken
D. bananas and mangoes
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
39. Buddhists cremate their dead.

A. true
B. false
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
DEATH RITES IN SIKHISM

44. What is the funeral ceremony in Sikhism called?
A. Antam Sanskar
B. Phra Arahant
C. Mahr
D. Night Vigil
45. How is a baptized dead person dressed in Sikhism?

A. According to the 5Ks
B. According to the way they want
C. According to Islam
D. In white holy clothes
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
48. What is a Guru Granthi Sahib?

A. A novel
B. A holy book for the Sikhs
C. A founder of Sikhism
D. One of the leaders in Sikhism
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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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL EDUCATION

2. Why has the traditional culture of Batswana change? It is due to ________________

3. In case of death in a family, the first step to take is to _________________

11. The shaving of the head symbolizes _______________

12. Which value is shown within the death rite?

DEATH RITES IN CHRISTIANITY

15. A ____________, Minister or a Priest usually lead the prayer service.

19. What is the teaching within the rites?

20. Where is the ceremony held?

DEATH RITES IN ISLAM

24. Muslims bury people in coffins.

25. Women do not usually go to grave for the burial.

26. In which direction does the body face when it is buried?

27. Why the dead body wrapped in white cloth?

28. According to Islam, there is life after death.

32. In Hinduism, bodies are cremated. What does this mean?

34. What do mourners do after the funeral?

37. What is offered to the dead during the ceremony?

39. Buddhists cremate their dead.

DEATH RITES IN SIKHISM

45. How is a baptized dead person dressed in Sikhism?

48. What is a Guru Granthi Sahib?

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