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What do many children do at Shrovetide (fastelavn)?
In the exam (Danish)
Hvad gør mange børn til fastelavn?
- aDress up and hit a barrel to knock the 'cat' out of itKlæder sig ud og slår katten af tøndenCorrect answer
- bLight bonfires and sing at midsummerTænder bål og synger om midsommer
- cDance around a Christmas treeDanser rundt om et juletræ
Why?
Shrovetide is held seven weeks before Easter. The children dress up and hit a barrel (in Danish: slå katten af tønden, 'knock the cat out of the barrel'), and the one who knocks the bottom out becomes the 'cat king' (kattekonge).
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Questions from past Medborgerskabsprøve papers (danskogproever.dk), reproduced verbatim with their official answers by permission of the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI), and our own practice questions on the facts of the official study material. The explanations are ours. Questions whose official answer no longer holds have been left out. The English translation and the explanations were made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Danish. We are not affiliated with SIRI.
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