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ZIMSEC O Level · 4047/2 · N2020

Family and Religious Studies Paper 2 November 2020

Questions
61
Total marks
300
Time allowed
120 min
Syllabus code
4047/2

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Questions
61
Pass mark
37
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The questions

Question 101

[2 marks]Indigenous Religion rites of passage
A ritual that marks a person's movement from one stage of life to the next, such as birth, initiation, marriage or death, is called a rite of ............ .

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Question 102

[3 marks]Indigenous Religion rites of passage
In Indigenous Religion, the ceremony held about a year after a burial, at which the spirit of the deceased is brought home and becomes a family ancestor, is
  1. Anhimbe, at which neighbours gather to weed or to harvest a field.
  2. Bkuperekwa, at which a bride is formally handed over to her husband.
  3. Ckurova guva or umbuyiso, at which the deceased becomes an ancestor.
  4. Dmukwerera, the ceremony at which rain is asked of the ancestors.

Question 103

[2 marks]Indigenous Religion rites of passage
Name the bride wealth paid in cattle and money by a bridegroom's family to the family of the bride in Indigenous Religion.

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Question 104

[2 marks]Indigenous Religion rites of passage
The beast given specifically to the mother of the bride during roora, in recognition of her having borne and raised the daughter, is
  1. Amombe youmai, the beast given to the mother of the bride.
  2. Bchiredzwa, the payment made for the nursing of a young child.
  3. Cdanga, the whole herd handed over at the time of the wedding.
  4. Drusambo, the main portion paid to the father of the bride.

Question 105

[3 marks]Indigenous Religion rites of passage
The three phases through which a rite of passage moves are
  1. Aconfession of a wrong, payment of a fine, then removal from the family.
  2. Bprayer, sacrifice, then the naming of a new chief for the whole village.
  3. Cseparation from the old status, instruction, then public reincorporation.
  4. Dbirth, marriage, then death in the ordinary course of a person's lifetime.

Question 201

[2 marks]healing in Indigenous Religion
The traditional healer and diviner of Indigenous Religion, who diagnoses an illness and treats it with herbs, is called a ............ .

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Question 202

[2 marks]healing in Indigenous Religion
In Indigenous Religion, a n'anga commonly establishes the cause of an illness by
  1. Aasking the patient to choose one herb from a row of samples.
  2. Bthrowing the divining bones known as hakata and reading how they fall.
  3. Ccounting the number of cattle owned by the patient's own family.
  4. Dreading the patient's temperature with a clinical thermometer.

Question 203

[3 marks]healing in Indigenous Religion
Where divination shows that an illness has been caused by neglected ancestors, the treatment prescribed is
  1. Aan appeasement ceremony at which beer is brewed and offered.
  2. Ba course of herbal medicine taken by the patient for seven days.
  3. Cthe payment of a fee to the village head by the patient's family.
  4. Dthe immediate removal of the patient from the family homestead.

Question 204

[2 marks]healing in Indigenous Religion
Name the method of traditional treatment in which a patient sits under a blanket over a pot of boiling medicinal herbs.

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Question 205

[2 marks]healing in Indigenous Religion
The body with which traditional healers register in Zimbabwe is
  1. AZIMSEC, which sets and marks the national school examinations.
  2. BZERA, which regulates the energy sector and its licence holders.
  3. CZINWA, which manages the country's water supply and its resources.
  4. DZINATHA, the Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association.

Question 301

[2 marks]wealth creation in Indigenous Religion
The communal work party in Indigenous Religion, at which neighbours weed or harvest a field in return for beer and a meal, is called a ............ .

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Question 302

[3 marks]wealth creation in Indigenous Religion
The chief's field, cultivated by the whole community and kept as a reserve for orphans, widows and the needy, is
  1. Atseu, the small plot a wife cultivates for her own household.
  2. Bhozi, the granary in which a family's grain harvest is stored.
  3. Czunde ramambo, worked communally and held for those in need.
  4. Ddanga, the kraal in which a family's cattle are kept at night.

Question 303

[3 marks]wealth creation in Indigenous Religion
The practice of placing cattle with relatives in other districts, who herd them, use their milk and keep some of the offspring, is
  1. Akutanda botso, a cleansing ritual performed for a serious offence.
  2. Bkupereka, the handing over of a bride to the family of her husband.
  3. Ckuronzera, which spreads the risk of drought and of disease.
  4. Dkugara nhaka, by which a widow is taken by a male relative.

Question 304

[2 marks]wealth creation in Indigenous Religion
Name the structure in which a family's harvested grain is stored in an Indigenous Religion homestead.

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Question 305

[2 marks]wealth creation in Indigenous Religion
Cattle were the main store of wealth in Indigenous Religion because they
  1. Awere exchanged for grain only during a year of severe drought.
  2. Bwere owned by the chief and lent to each household in turn.
  3. Cprovided draught power, milk and hides, and were used for roora.
  4. Dcould be eaten only once each year at a family ceremony.

Question 401

[2 marks]concept of God in Judaism
The Jewish declaration of faith beginning 'Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is One' is called the ............ .

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Question 402

[2 marks]concept of God in Judaism
The belief that there is one God only, held strictly in Judaism, is called
  1. Apolytheism, the belief in many separate deities.
  2. Bpantheism, the belief that God and nature are one.
  3. Catheism, the belief that no god exists at all.
  4. Dmonotheism, the belief in one God and no other.

Question 403

[3 marks]concept of God in Judaism
Jews do not pronounce the four letter name of God, YHWH, and in reading say instead
  1. AMessiah or Immanuel, the names given by the prophet Isaiah.
  2. BAdonai or HaShem, out of reverence for the holy name.
  3. CElohim or Shaddai, the names most used in the book of Job.
  4. DTorah or Talmud, which are the names of the sacred writings.

Question 404

[2 marks]concept of God in Judaism
The second commandment shapes the Jewish concept of God by forbidding
  1. Athe making of any image or likeness of God for worship.
  2. Bthe offering of a sacrifice anywhere except in Jerusalem.
  3. Cthe eating of meat and milk together in the same meal.
  4. Dany work at all from being done on the seventh day.

Question 405

[3 marks]concept of God in Judaism
Exodus 34:6-7, the thirteen attributes of mercy, describes God in Judaism as
  1. Achangeable, so that his promises may be withdrawn at will.
  2. Bdistant and unknowable, taking no interest in human affairs.
  3. Cone of several gods who share authority over the nations.
  4. Dcompassionate and gracious, slow to anger and rich in mercy.

Question 501

[2 marks]family and national values in Judaism
Name the Passover meal at which the youngest child asks the four questions and the father retells the story of the Exodus from Egypt.

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Question 502

[2 marks]family and national values in Judaism
The small case fixed to the doorpost of a Jewish home, containing the words of the Shema, is
  1. Aa mezuzah, fixed to the doorpost of each room of the house.
  2. Ba menorah, the lampstand lit at the festival of Hanukkah.
  3. Ctefillin, the boxes bound on the arm and head at morning prayer.
  4. Da shofar, the ram's horn sounded at the feast of Rosh Hashanah.

Question 503

[3 marks]family and national values in Judaism
Deuteronomy 6:6-9 promotes national values through the family by commanding parents to
  1. Abring an offering to the Temple at the birth of every child.
  2. Bsend their children to be taught by the priests in Jerusalem.
  3. Crecord the family history in a scroll kept in the synagogue.
  4. Dteach the commandments diligently to their children at home.

Question 504

[2 marks]family and national values in Judaism
The ceremony at which a Jewish boy of thirteen takes on adult religious responsibility before the congregation is
  1. AKiddush, the blessing said over wine at the Sabbath table.
  2. Bbrit milah, performed on the eighth day after he is born.
  3. Cthe Seder, at which he asks the four questions at Passover.
  4. Dbar mitzvah, at which he reads the Torah in the synagogue.

Question 505

[2 marks]family and national values in Judaism
Name the charity box kept in many Jewish homes, into which children are taught to place coins for the poor.

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Question 601

[3 marks]ethics in Jewish enterprise
Leviticus 19:13 and Deuteronomy 24:14-15 require a Jewish employer to
  1. Aprovide each worker with a share of the family's own land.
  2. Bpay a hired worker before the sun goes down on that day.
  3. Crelease every hired worker from service in the seventh year.
  4. Demploy only workers who belong to his own tribe of Israel.

Question 602

[2 marks]ethics in Jewish enterprise
Name the Jewish prohibition, meaning 'do not destroy', which forbids the needless destruction of trees, property or anything useful.

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Question 603

[3 marks]ethics in Jewish enterprise
The Talmud teaches that the first question a person is asked at judgement concerns
  1. Ahow much land he left to each of his surviving sons.
  2. Bwhether he dealt honestly and faithfully in his business.
  3. Chow many sacrifices he offered during his lifetime.
  4. Dwhether he travelled to Jerusalem for the three festivals.

Question 604

[3 marks]ethics in Jewish enterprise
Maimonides taught that the highest degree of tzedakah is
  1. Agiving only after the poor person has asked for assistance.
  2. Ba loan or partnership that makes a person self supporting.
  3. Cleaving a large sum to the poor in one's will after death.
  4. Dgiving publicly so that others are encouraged to give too.

Question 605

[2 marks]ethics in Jewish enterprise
Deceiving a customer by creating a false impression, even without telling a direct lie, is forbidden in Jewish law as
  1. Abal tashchit, the needless destruction of what is useful.
  2. Blashon hara, the speaking of evil about another person.
  3. Cgeneivat da'at, the stealing of another person's mind.
  4. Dneshek, the taking of interest from a fellow Israelite.

Question 701

[3 marks]church and attitudes towards women
Galatians 3:28 is used in Christian teaching about women because it states that in Christ there is
  1. Aa command that women must cover their heads in church.
  2. Bneither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female.
  3. Cno place for a woman to speak in the assembly at all.
  4. Done law for husbands and a different law for their wives.

Question 702

[2 marks]church and attitudes towards women
According to the gospels, the first witnesses of the resurrection of Jesus were
  1. Athe chief priests who had asked for the tomb to be sealed.
  2. Bthe twelve disciples gathered together in an upper room.
  3. Cthe Roman soldiers who had been set to guard the tomb.
  4. Dthe women who came to the tomb early on the first day.

Question 703

[2 marks]church and attitudes towards women
Name the women's fellowship found in many Zimbabwean churches, whose members wear a uniform and meet weekly for prayer and mutual support, and which is known by one name in Shona and another in Ndebele.

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Question 704

[3 marks]church and attitudes towards women
A way in which the church has raised the standing of women in Zimbabwe is by
  1. Arestricting women to catering and cleaning duties at church.
  2. Bteaching that a wife must remain silent in every gathering.
  3. Ceducating girls at mission schools and paying their fees.
  4. Drequiring a widow to be inherited by her husband's brother.

Question 705

[3 marks]church and attitudes towards women
Which texts are most often quoted by churches that do not allow women to preach?
  1. AThe creation of humanity in the image of God in Genesis 1:27.
  2. BThe parable of the lost coin told by Jesus in Luke chapter 15.
  3. CThe song of Mary, the Magnificat, recorded in Luke chapter 1.
  4. DThe instructions on silence in 1 Corinthians 14 and 1 Timothy 2.

Question 801

[2 marks]Christians and the natural environment
Genesis 2:15 describes the human role towards creation as being to
  1. Atill the ground and to keep the garden that God had planted.
  2. Bname every animal and then release each one into the wild.
  3. Cdivide the land equally among the twelve tribes of Israel.
  4. Dbuild an altar of unhewn stone upon every high place.

Question 802

[3 marks]Christians and the natural environment
Christians describe their responsibility for the environment as stewardship, which means that
  1. Athe earth belongs to whoever is able to buy or to farm it.
  2. Bcreation belongs to God and is managed on his behalf.
  3. Cbelievers should avoid using natural resources at all.
  4. Dthe church alone may decide how land is to be used.

Question 803

[2 marks]Christians and the natural environment
Name the two elements taken from creation which Christians use in the sacrament of Holy Communion.

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Question 804

[2 marks]Christians and the natural environment
Christians in Zimbabwe benefit economically from the natural environment mainly through
  1. Afarming, fishing, forestry, mining and tourism work.
  2. Bthe sale of church buildings to commercial developers.
  3. Cthe collection of tithes from members of other faiths.
  4. Dthe leasing of graveyards to neighbouring communities.

Question 805

[3 marks]Christians and the natural environment
Romans 1:20 and Psalm 19 are used in Christian teaching to show that the natural world
  1. Awill be destroyed, and therefore need not be cared for at all.
  2. Breveals something of the power and the wisdom of its Creator.
  3. Cbelongs to the ancestors of the people who live upon it.
  4. Dshould be worshipped alongside God as a second power.

Question 901

[3 marks]Christian practitioners in the liberation war
Name the Methodist bishop who led the African National Council in opposing the 1971 Pearce settlement proposals in Rhodesia.

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Question 902

[3 marks]Christian practitioners in the liberation war
Bishop Donal Lamont of Umtali was tried and deported during the liberation war because he
  1. Arefused to report the presence of guerrillas and condemned atrocities.
  2. Bhad joined a guerrilla unit operating in the eastern border districts.
  3. Crefused to allow his mission schools to enrol any African pupils.
  4. Ddeclined to pay the taxes demanded of the Catholic diocese.

Question 903

[3 marks]Christian practitioners in the liberation war
Name the Catholic body which documented and published evidence of atrocities during the Rhodesian war, in reports such as 'The Man in the Middle'.

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Question 904

[3 marks]Christian practitioners in the liberation war
Mission hospitals such as St Albert's and Avila contributed to the liberation struggle by
  1. Atraining combatants in the use of firearms and of explosives.
  2. Bsupplying the security forces with intelligence about the villages.
  3. Ctreating and feeding both guerrillas and the rural civilians.
  4. Dclosing entirely for the whole duration of the fighting nearby.

Question 905

[3 marks]Christian practitioners in the liberation war
A balanced account of the churches during the liberation struggle notes that
  1. Aevery church and missionary openly supported the guerrillas.
  2. Bno Christian took any part in the politics of the period.
  3. Cthe churches were divided, and missionaries died on both sides.
  4. Dthe churches acted only after independence had been won.

Question 1001

[2 marks]Hajj and Ramadan
Name the state of ritual consecration, marked for men by two unsewn white cloths, which a pilgrim enters before performing the Hajj.

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Question 1002

[3 marks]Hajj and Ramadan
The essential rite of the Hajj, without which the pilgrimage is not valid, is
  1. Athe standing at Arafat on the ninth day of Dhu al-Hijjah.
  2. Bthe stoning of the pillars at Mina on the tenth day of the month.
  3. Cthe drinking of water drawn from the well of Zamzam.
  4. Dthe seven circuits of the Ka'bah, which are known as the tawaf.

Question 1003

[3 marks]Hajj and Ramadan
The sa'i, the seven passages between the hills of Safa and Marwah, commemorates
  1. Athe seven years of famine survived by the people of Egypt.
  2. Bthe journey of the Prophet from Makkah to the city of Madinah.
  3. Cthe seven heavens through which the Prophet is said to have ascended.
  4. DHagar's search for water for her son Isma'il in the desert.

Question 1004

[2 marks]Hajj and Ramadan
Name the meal eaten by Muslims before dawn, at which the day's fast in Ramadan begins.

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Question 1005

[3 marks]Hajj and Ramadan
Which of the following are exempted from fasting in the month of Ramadan?
  1. AAdults who find that fasting shortens their working hours.
  2. BTravellers, the sick, and pregnant or breastfeeding women.
  3. CAnyone who has already performed the Hajj in a past year.
  4. DThose who pay their zakat at more than the required rate.

Question 1006

[2 marks]Hajj and Ramadan
The purpose of the fast of Ramadan given in Qur'an 2:183 is that believers may attain
  1. Awealth, which Allah grants to those who fast every year.
  2. Blong life, which is promised to whoever completes thirty days.
  3. Ctaqwa, that is, consciousness of and reverence for Allah.
  4. Dexemption from the other four pillars of the religion.

Question 1101

[2 marks]Islam and formal education
Give the first word revealed to the Prophet Muhammad, an Arabic command meaning 'Read'.

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Question 1102

[3 marks]Islam and formal education
The Prophet Muhammad taught that seeking knowledge is
  1. Aan obligation upon every Muslim, male and female alike.
  2. Bpermitted only to those who can afford to pay a teacher.
  3. Creserved for the scholars appointed by the ruler of a city.
  4. Da duty that ends once a person has learned how to pray.

Question 1103

[2 marks]Islam and formal education
Name the school attached to a mosque at which children are taught Arabic, the Qur'an and Islamic studies.

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Question 1104

[3 marks]Islam and formal education
Muslim communities in Zimbabwe support formal education mainly by
  1. Apaying school fees for orphans and poor children out of zakat.
  2. Bteaching only Arabic and refusing the national curriculum.
  3. Copening schools that admit boys but no girls at any level.
  4. Drequiring their pupils to leave government schools altogether.

Question 1105

[3 marks]Islam and formal education
An endowment of land or property whose income permanently funds a school, a hospital or a well in Islam is called
  1. Aa waqf, an endowment held permanently for a public purpose.
  2. Ba mahr, the dower a husband gives to his wife at marriage.
  3. Ca fidyah, a payment made by a person who is unable to fast.
  4. Da kaffarah, made in expiation for a broken oath or a vow.

Question 1201

[2 marks]Islam and family inter-dependency
Name the Islamic duty of maintaining the ties of kinship, which the Prophet said increases a person's provision and length of life.

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Question 1202

[3 marks]Islam and family inter-dependency
Qur'an 17:23-24 places kindness to parents immediately after
  1. Athe command to give zakat to the poor of the community.
  2. Bthe command to worship Allah alone and none besides him.
  3. Cthe prohibition of eating the flesh of an animal found dead.
  4. Dthe instruction to fast during the whole month of Ramadan.

Question 1203

[3 marks]Islam and family inter-dependency
Islamic inheritance law (mirath) supports interdependence in the family because it
  1. Atransfers the estate to the mosque of the deceased's town.
  2. Bgives the whole estate to the eldest of the surviving sons.
  3. Cleaves the distribution of the estate entirely to a written will.
  4. Ddivides the estate in fixed shares among many relatives.

Question 1204

[3 marks]Islam and family inter-dependency
Qur'an 4:35 directs that when a husband and wife are in serious dispute
  1. Athe marriage is dissolved at once without any further steps taken.
  2. Bthe case goes directly to the ruler of the town for his judgement.
  3. Cthe wife returns to her father until her husband recalls her.
  4. Done arbiter from his family and one from hers should be appointed.

Question 1205

[3 marks]Islam and family inter-dependency
The meat of the Eid al-Adha sacrifice is traditionally divided into three portions for
  1. Athe imam, the mosque committee and the ruler of the town.
  2. Bthe family, the neighbours and the poor of the area.
  3. Cthe morning meal, the evening meal and the following day.
  4. Dthe butcher, the owner of the animal and the seller.

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