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WorksheetsEl Día de los Muertos
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
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Class
Date
1.
What´s the purpose of candles on an ofrenda?
a)
They look cool
b)
to scare away ghosts
c)
they light up the way for the souls of the departed
d)
to keep themselves warm
2.
What is the actual date of el Día de los Muertos?
a)
el 31 de octubre
b)
el 2 de noviembre
c)
el 1 de noviembre
d)
el 30 de octubre
3.
What do family do to celebrate el día de los muertos?
a)
They get together and throw a party.
b)
They go to an amusement park and go on the rides.
c)
They set up an altar with food and things the deceased liked.
d)
They cry all day long and go to bed early
4.
What indigenous culture started this celebration and when?
a)
Los Aztecas en el siglo XIV
b)
Los Mayas en el siglo XIV
c)
Los Incas en el siglo XVI
d)
Los españoles en el siglo XVI
5.
Cempasuchil is the name for:
a)
The altar
b)
The bread
c)
The candles
d)
The flowers
6.
Who was José Guadalupe Posada
a)
He was the one to start the Day of the Dead celebration.
b)
He was a famous writer, and illustrator. He created “La Catrina”
c)
He was the original skeleton for el Diade los Muertos
d)
No one really important for that celebration.
7.
People celebrated and celebrate el Día de los Muertos to honor the life of their deceased loved ones.
a)
Cierto
b)
Falso
8.
Some of the most important objects an ‘ofrenda’ must have are:
a)
Newspapers, at least one picture of the deceased, popcorn
b)
Candles, belongings of the deceased, and a picture of the deceased.
c)
Candy, cempasuchil, and belongings of the deceased.
d)
A picture of the deceased, his bones, and pan de muerto.
9.
Halloween and El Día de Muertos, are celebrated exactly the same way.
a)
Cierto
b)
Falso
10.
Where is el Día de los Muertos celebrated mostly?
a)
By the pool
b)
At a hospital
c)
At the cemetery
d)
At a funeral home
11.
What other cultures celebrate the Day of the Dead?
a)
Mexico is the only one to celebrate it on those days, but they do it as in Halloween.
b)
Most of the other cultures but, maybe, on different days and ways.
c)
Most of the other cultures exactly the same days,and ways
d)
Mexico and Spain celebrate it together, but in different ways.
12.
Who modified the Aztec Day of the Dead celebration to adapt it to Catholicim rites?
a)
The Irish
b)
The Tainos
c)
The Spaniards
d)
The Mayas
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