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What do children traditionally do at Shrovetide carnival (fastelavn)?
In the exam (Danish)
Hvad gør børn traditionelt til fastelavn?
- aThey dress up and hit a barrelDe klæder sig ud og slår til en tøndeCorrect answer
- bThey dance around the Christmas treeDe danser om juletræet
- cThey light bonfires and sing the Midsummer songDe tænder bål og synger midsommervisen
Why?
At fastelavn children dress up and “hit the cat out of the barrel” (slår katten af tønden). Today the barrel is filled with sweets and fruit.
Translated with AI. In the exam the question is in Danish, as shown above.
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Questions from past citizenship tests (danskogproever.dk), reproduced verbatim in Danish with the official answers by permission of the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI), and our own practice questions on the facts of the study material “Læremateriale til Indfødsretsprøven” and on Danish values. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Danish. Current-affairs questions and questions whose official answer no longer holds have been left out. We are not affiliated with SIRI.
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