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Dia de los Muertos

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(the Day of the Dead), a Mexican celebration, is a day to celebrate, remember and prepare special foods in honor of those who have departed.

a)

Dia de los muertos

b)

Dia de los santos

c)

Dia de los inocentes

d)

Muertos en la dia

2.

These flowers are called....

a)

Cempazuchitl (marigold)

b)

flor Purpura (purple flower)

c)

lavanda (lavendar)

d)

anémona (anemone)

3.

is a collection of objects placed on a ritual altar during the annual and traditionally Mexican Dia de los Muertos celebration.

a)

Ofrendas

b)

Afenique

c)

Calaveras

d)

Calacas

4.

Calaveras or "sugar skull" is a representation of a human skull.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

a colloquial Mexican Spanish name for skeleton) is a figure of a skull or skeleton (usually human) commonly used for decoration during the Mexican Day of the Dead festival, although they are made all year round.

a)

Calacas

b)

Calaveras

c)

Fiesta

d)

Ofrendas

6.

La Calavera Catrina ('Dapper Skeleton', 'Elegant Skull') is a 1910-1913 zinc etching by famous Mexican printmaker, cartoon illustrator and lithographer José Guadalupe Posada. The image depicts a female skeleton dressed only in a hat befitting the upper class outfit of a European of her time.

a)

True

b)

Flase

7.

"Bread of the dead" is a type of sweet roll traditionally baked in Mexico during the weeks leading up to the Día de Muertos, which is celebrated on November 1 and 2.

a)

Pan de la calacas

b)

Calaveras de los muertos

c)

Pan de la calaveras

d)

Pan de los muertos

8.

a poem for the dead to show how they lived and represent what the poet would do or say if they had one more day with the deceased.

a)

Calaveras

b)

Calacas

c)

Conjure Poem

d)

Alfenique

9.

denoting a type of traditional Mexican folk music, typically performed by a small group of strolling musicians dressed in native costume.

a)

Alfenique

b)

Calacas

c)

Mariachi

d)

Cempazuchitl

10.

an event marked by festivities or celebration.

a)

Siesta

b)

Muertos

c)

Fiesta

d)

Ofrendas

11.

Celebrar means "to celebrate"

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Alfenique is a special confection used to fashion skulls, fruits and other figures

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Dia de los Muertos is celebrated on 10/21-10/30

a)

True

b)

False