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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the idea of Shrove Tuesday in Christian world?
to prepare for Lent
to call for spring
to start fasting
to confess one's sins
- 2. Multiple Choice
What period starts after Shrove Tuesday?
Lent
Advent
Spring
Easter time
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is NOT right about the date of Shrove Tuesday?
It is always celebrated on Tuesday.
It is always celebrated in February.
It is always celebrated before Ash Wednesday.
It is always celebrated before the start of Lent.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What food should be eaten on Shrove Tuesday?
meatless
fat and greasy
fish
only pancakes
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why did people start eating pancakes on Shrove Tuesday?
in order to use leftover eggs and butter before Lent
because they looked like spring sun
because they didn't have other food
because they were easy to make
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the most popular activity in addition to eating pancakes on Shrove Tuesday?
fancy dress or carnival
dancing and singing
trick-or-treating
burning fires
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the most popular dance of Rio Carnival (Mardi Gras)?
samba
salsa
tango
rumba
- 8. Multiple Choice
What IS NOT another name of Shrove Tuesday?
Shrove Tuesday
Pancake day
Mardi Gras
Rio Carnival
- 9. Multiple ChoiceHow is Mardi Gras literally translated from French?Fat TuesdayPancake TuesdayCarnival TuesdayShrove Tuesday
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat word does 'shrove' come from?shriveshroeshrawshine
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