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- 1. Multiple Choice
The ancient Celtic practice of carrying lit gourds has _______ the practice of carving and lighting jack o' lanterns.
destroyed
evolved into
replaced
updated
- 2. Multiple Choice
Why did the ancient Celts leave food on their doorsteps?
To feed the poor
To provide snacks for local children
To ward off evil spirits
To welcome the spirit of winter
- 3. Multiple Choice
What can you infer about the ancient Celtic calendar from the information presented in the movie?
It was based on the seasons
It was based on the phases of the moon
It was based on the movements of the stars
It contained 12 months of 30 days each
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which costume would most likely be worn by the ancient Celts?
- 5. Multiple Choice
How did the Christian holiday of Halloween differ from the Celtic festival of Samhain?
Halloween involved celebrating saints; Samhain involved ghosts and goblins
Halloween involved an enormous feast; Samhain was celebrated with a week-long fast
Halloween was celebrated in the United Kingdom only; Samhain was celebrated throughout the Roman empir
Halloween customs were incorporated into Samhain festivals--but Samhain had no influence on Halloween
- 6. Multiple Choice
The practice of "souling" was most similar to which of the following?
Dressing up in costume
Carrying a jack o' lantern
Begging for money
Warding off evil spirits
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why did Halloween not become popular in America until the 19th century?
Immigration from Scotland and Ireland boomed during the 19th century
American religious authorities banned Halloween celebrations until the 19th century
Very few children lived past the age of two in America until the 19th century
There were no Celts in America until the 19th century
- 8. Multiple Choice
What can you conclude about the Catholic Church's attitude toward pagan religious festivals?
The church encouraged people to celebrate pagan festivals
The church discouraged people from celebrating pagan festivals
The church incorporated pagan rituals into its own rituals
The church ignored pagan festivals completely
- 9. Multiple Choice
What did the Roman festival of the goddess Pomona have in common with the Celtic festival of Samhain?
They both honored the dead
They both celebrated the harvest
They were both approved by the Catholic Church
They were both celebrated mainly by children
- 10. Multiple Choice
How do you mend a broken jack o' lantern?
With skin grafts and years of vegetable therapy
It depends on the jack o' lantern's health insurance
With gum and pre-chewed circus peanuts
With a pumpkin patch
- 11. Multiple Choice
Where was Halloween first celebrated 2,000 years ago?
United States
Spain and France
Great Britain and Ireland
Germany
- 12. Multiple Choice
Celts had a festival called Samhain. What was the purpose of the festival?
To celebrated the end of the year
To mark the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter.
To mark the end of summer and the beginning of autumn season
To have games to play
- 13. Multiple Choice
Why did the Celts leave out food during Samhain?
to feed the wild animals that live around their farms
to make ghosts happy so they would not kill crops
to share food everyone in the community
to save the food for sam and hain
- 14. Multiple Choice
On Guy Fawkes Day
Children go out on streets for "penny for the girls"
go around blowing up explosives
yell out, "All hail the Protestant Church"
Children go out on the streets for "a penny for the guy"
- 15. Multiple Choice
Who was Jack O'Lantern?
a good demon
an evil elf
a guardian angel
a Christian soul in purgatory
- 16. Multiple Choice
A pumpkin is related to the potato..
true
false
- 17. Multiple Choice
Halloween is the second most commercially successful holiday after what?
Easter
Christmas
New Year's Eve
Thanksgiving
- 18. Multiple Choice
Halloween is the third largest US party day of the year. Which is the second?
Christmas Day
Super Bowl Sunday
Thanksgiving
New Year's Eve
- 19. Multiple Choice
How long does it take a pumpkin to grow?
30-60 days
40-80 days
60-90 days
100-120 days
- 20. Multiple Choice
November 2 is the Catholic holiday of All Souls Day, in which the souls of the dead are remembered. In Mexico, along with several other Latin American nations, All Souls Day is called
Land of the Dead
Coco
El Dia de las vidas
El Dia de los Muertos
- 21. Multiple Choice
The superstition of avoiding crossing paths with black cats has its roots in the __________ when many believed that witches avoided detection by turning themselves into black cats.
snow
mountain
black hole
Middle Ages
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