Family and Religious Studies Paper 2 Specimen D 2026

Answer this when you sit the paper.

1. Aa letter posted directly from the suitor to the woman herself
2. Ba public announcement made at the district administrator's office
3. Can auction at which several suitors bid against one another
4. Da go-between (munyai) who represented the suitor to the woman's family

1. Asharing a totem means the two families cannot afford the same amount of roora
2. Bsharing a totem marks a common clan ancestry, and marrying within it counts as incest
3. Csharing a totem is required by law before any marriage may be registered
4. Dsharing a totem guarantees the marriage will produce no children at all

1. Achoosing the totem the newlywed couple will adopt
2. Bpaying the full roora on behalf of the suitor's family
3. Cpresiding over the wedding ceremony as the officiating priest
4. Dcounselling her niece on relationships and proper conduct towards a suitor

1. Aa rule that applied equally to bride and groom before the arrival of missionaries only
2. Ba sign of good upbringing that raised a woman's standing and her family's respect
3. Ca legal requirement enforced by the colonial courts of the time
4. Da condition that increased the size of the field the couple would later farm

Answer this when you sit the paper.

1. Ais worshipped only on the day of a solar eclipse each year
2. Bbelonged, in life, to a stranger with no blood relation to the person it now possesses
3. Ccan only possess a person who is already a qualified traditional healer
4. Dis always evil and can never grant any skill or benefit to its host

1. Aa permanent physical injury visible on the possessed person's body
2. Bthe total loss of every skill they previously had
3. Ca sudden skill, such as healing, hunting or performance, that they had never been taught
4. Dan inability to speak to any other person for the rest of their life

1. Acounting the number of years since the person was born
2. Bdivination, consulting a traditional healer or medium to interpret the possession
3. Cmeasuring the person's height against a fixed traditional standard
4. Da written medical test carried out at a government hospital

1. Aunusual skill and success in tracking and killing game
2. Bthe permanent ability to heal any illness without any herbs at all
3. Cownership of all the cattle in his home village
4. Dimmunity from ever being harmed by a wild animal of any kind

1. Araise revenue for the chief through fines paid for breaking it
2. Breplace the need for any court or traditional leader to settle disputes
3. Capply only to visitors from outside the community, never to residents
4. Dregulate behaviour and protect resources by forbidding certain acts

Answer this when you sit the paper.

1. Ahave no bearing at all on marriage or family identity
2. Bdetermine which crop a family is permitted to grow that season
3. Cidentify clan membership and prevent marriage between close kin
4. Dare chosen freely by each individual at the age of eighteen

1. Abelong legally to the national parks authority rather than the community
2. Bbe a dwelling place of ancestral or territorial spirits
3. Chave been built recently by the colonial administration
4. Dbe the only source of drinking water available to the whole district

1. Aconserving the natural resources and vegetation found at that site
2. Bincreasing the amount of firewood the community can harvest there
3. Cguaranteeing that the site will flood during every rainy season
4. Dremoving the site entirely from the community's oral history

1. Apolytheistic, worshipping a family of separate gods and goddesses
2. Ba belief that God is identical with the natural world and nothing more
3. Ca belief that God ceased to exist once the Torah had been written down
4. Dstrictly monotheistic, one God who is both creator and covenant partner

Answer this when you sit the paper.

1. Aconfined entirely to the Temple in Jerusalem and present nowhere else
2. Btranscendent, above and beyond creation, yet also present and active within it
3. Cvisible in physical form, and represented by carved images in the synagogue
4. Done among several equally powerful gods worshipped by the patriarchs

1. Acannot be represented by any physical image or idol
2. Brequires an image before any prayer can be considered valid
3. Chas a physical body that can be accurately carved in stone
4. Dis best worshipped through a statue kept in every home

1. Aa single vision granted once only, to one rabbi, in the twentieth century
2. Bthe private religious experience of each individual and nothing else
3. Cthe observation of the stars, apart from any scripture or covenant
4. Dthe covenant and God's actions in history, recorded in the Torah

1. Akeeping every child away from festivals until the age of eighteen
2. Bdiscouraging children from ever learning the Hebrew language
3. Cleaving all religious instruction entirely to the local synagogue
4. Dteaching children the Torah and its commandments from an early age

Answer this when you sit the paper.

1. Aending that young person's relationship with their own family permanently
2. Bmarking the young person's new responsibility to keep the commandments as part of the community
3. Cexempting the young person from ever attending a synagogue again
4. Dtransferring all of the family's property to the young person at once

1. Arequiring every family member to work harder than on any other day of the week
2. Bseparating children from their parents for the whole of the Sabbath
3. Cgiving the whole household a shared, regular rhythm of rest, worship and instruction
4. Dreplacing the synagogue entirely as the place of worship

1. Amodelling the respect for authority and continuity that sustains the wider community
2. Bapplying only for as long as a child remains younger than five years old
3. Ccancelling every other commandment once it has been kept once
4. Drequiring children to financially support only their mother, never their father

1. Ahonest and accurate, since Leviticus 19:36 commands just balances and measures
2. Bset by whatever figure earns the trader the largest possible profit
3. Cleft unregulated, since Jewish law has nothing to say about trade
4. Dchecked only once a year, at the start of the Jewish new year

Answer this when you sit the paper.

1. Apay the worker only once the whole year's contract is complete
2. Bpay the wages promptly and not withhold them overnight
3. Cpay the worker in goods only, and never in money
4. Ddecide the wage after the work has already been finished, without agreement

1. Aforce every loan in the community to be repaid within twenty four hours
2. Bprotect a poor borrower from being trapped in growing debt to a lender
3. Cprevent any Jew from ever lending money to another Jew
4. Dmake sure that only foreigners could ever borrow money at all

1. Acloses for trade from Friday evening until Saturday evening
2. Bmust trade for twenty four hours longer than usual on that day
3. Cis required to give away its entire week's profit to charity
4. Dmay not open again at any point during the following week

1. Apublicly announcing the offence to the whole congregation immediately
2. Bending the relationship with the offender with no attempt at conversation
3. Cspeaking to the offender privately, one on one, before involving anyone else
4. Dreporting the offender to the police before any private conversation occurs

1. Aask a priest to carry out the reconciliation without the person present
2. Bcancel the offering permanently and never return to worship
3. Ccomplete the offering first and worry about reconciliation later
4. Dleave the offering and first go and be reconciled with that person

1. Athe Bible teaches that only priests are ever required to forgive anyone
2. Bforgiveness is presented as optional and unrelated to a believer's own standing before God
3. CJesus taught believers to forgive others as they themselves have been forgiven by God
4. DJesus taught that an offence should be forgiven only once, and never a second time

Answer this when you sit the paper.

1. Aa public vote of the whole congregation with no further discussion
2. Babandoning the church entirely rather than pursuing any resolution
3. Ca pastor or church elder acting as a mediator between the two parties
4. Dimmediate excommunication of both parties without any hearing

1. Afood, water and materials that creation supplies for their sustenance and livelihood
2. Ba total ban on ever using any resource that the earth produces
3. Ca requirement to live apart from the natural world altogether
4. Dan obligation to destroy any wildlife found near a place of worship

1. Ashould leave all land completely wild and untouched forever
2. Bhave no responsibility at all for how the environment is treated
3. Chave a duty of stewardship, using the environment responsibly rather than exploiting it
4. Dare forbidden from farming or working the land under any circumstances

1. Aproving that the created world has no connection to God at all
2. Binspiring worship, since creation itself points believers towards God
3. Cshowing that only the sky, and no other part of creation, reveals God
4. Dreplacing the need for any scripture to be read again

1. Abelongs legally to the church rather than to any individual believer
2. Bprovides land, water and raw materials that support farming and other livelihoods
3. Cguarantees every Christian an income without any labour at all
4. Dmakes farming entirely unnecessary from one generation to the next

1. Aa total prohibition on using any resource God has created
2. Ba right to destroy any part of creation for short-term personal gain
3. Cleaving stewardship of the earth entirely to secular authorities
4. Dresponsible stewardship rather than reckless exploitation of what God has provided

1. Aneither the man nor his parents sinned, so that God's work might be displayed in him
2. Bthe blindness was caused entirely by the sin of his parents
3. Cblindness is always a punishment sent for a sin committed earlier in life
4. Dthe man's own sin was the direct cause of his blindness

1. Adisability makes a person less than fully human in God's sight
2. Bonly a person with no physical disability can be said to bear God's image
3. Cthe image of God is lost permanently the moment a person becomes disabled
4. Devery person, disabled or not, carries equal worth and dignity before God

1. AJesus responded to disability with compassion and restoration, not rejection
2. BJesus refused to have any contact with people who had a disability
3. Conly people without a disability were welcome to approach Jesus
4. Ddisability was treated by Jesus as a purely legal matter for the courts

1. Ainclude and support people with disabilities within the life of the congregation
2. Bbar anyone with a visible disability from entering the church building
3. Ctreat disability purely as a private matter the church has no role in
4. Drequire every disabled member to be healed before they may worship

1. Aconclusive proof that the disabled person's family committed a serious sin
2. Ban occasion through which God's power or purpose may be shown, not a punishment
3. Ca condition that automatically disqualifies a person from any form of ministry
4. Devidence that the person lacks sufficient faith to be healed

1. Aforbid his wife from ever owning property in her own name
2. Bbe exempt from all five daily prayers required of the household
3. Chand over all financial responsibility for the family to his wife alone
4. Dprovide financially for the maintenance (nafaqah) of his wife and children

1. Aonly women are required to give zakat, the obligatory charity
2. Bwomen are exempt from every one of the five pillars of Islam
3. Cmen and women are equally required to fulfil core religious duties such as prayer, fasting and charity
4. Donly men are required to fast during the month of Ramadan

1. Aan exactly equal share to that given to a daughter in every case
2. Bno share of the inheritance at all under any circumstances
3. Cthe whole of the inheritance, with daughters receiving nothing
4. Da larger share than a daughter, reflecting his greater financial responsibility for the family

1. Aa ruler who governed Makkah in place of its male leaders
2. Bforbidden by her own family from ever engaging in any trade
3. Ca successful independent businesswoman before and during her marriage
4. Dthe first woman recorded to have taken up arms in battle

1. Aboth men and women, though the specific standards expected of each differ
2. Bneither men nor women, since Islam sets no expectation of modesty
3. Cwomen alone, with no modesty expectation placed on men whatsoever
4. Dmen alone, with women having no modesty expectation of any kind

1. Aonly religious knowledge, and no other subject, may ever be studied
2. Beducation is required only of Muslim men, never of Muslim women
3. Cseeking knowledge is an obligation placed on every Muslim
4. Dformal schooling is forbidden to any practising Muslim

1. Arefusing to allow any Muslim child to attend a government school
2. Bfunding only universities located outside the country
3. Cbanning the teaching of mathematics and science in any Muslim-run school
4. Dbuilding schools and madrassas that combine secular subjects with Islamic studies

1. Aavoid ever having to translate the Qur'an into another language
2. Bprepare young Muslims exclusively for careers in the civil service
3. Cenable believers to read the Qur'an in Arabic for themselves
4. Dreplace the need for a mosque in every community

1. Areducing the financial barrier that would otherwise stop some children from attending school
2. Breplacing the national curriculum with one written entirely by the donor
3. Crequiring every recipient to convert to Islam before receiving any funds
4. Dbeing available only to children who already hold a university degree

Answer this when you sit the paper.

1. Atravel once in a lifetime to the city of Makkah
2. Bperform five formal prayers at set times each day
3. Cfast from dawn until sunset for one whole month each year
4. Dgive a fixed proportion of accumulated wealth to the poor

1. Atravel to Makkah every single year without exception
2. Bfast for the whole of every month in the Islamic calendar
3. Cgive a fixed proportion of that wealth to the poor and needy each year
4. Dpray an extra five times each day during the month of Ramadan

1. Apraying continuously through the night for the whole of the year
2. Bfasting from food, drink and other specified acts from dawn to sunset during Ramadan
3. Cgiving away one's entire income once every twelve months
4. Dabstaining from prayer for the whole month of Ramadan

1. Amake the pilgrimage to Makkah at least once in their lifetime
2. Bgive up all personal property before undertaking the pilgrimage
3. Cmake the pilgrimage to Makkah every single year without exception
4. Dfast for an additional month beyond Ramadan every year