--- title: Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at the wrong moment — how Mova does on the tests · Religion ethics description: Lesson 67 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 11 tests right, exam 3 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/) / 67 # Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at the wrong moment **Tests:** 4 of 11 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 67 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment/). Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} «It's not FAIR!! the doctors are rubbish, they should've fixed her,» shouts Ruby. What's a gentle, true reply? - **1.** You're right; the doctors just didn't bother trying to save her — score 4 - **2.** Doctors are paid to let old people go and save the young ones — no support - **3.** Stop being so angry, it's only your grandma, and she was very old anyway — no support - **4.** It does feel unfair; the doctors tried, but some illnesses can't be cured — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 67, line 1: «Grief is not only sadness: after his dad's funeral Ben slams doors and shouts «It's not FAIR!», and that anger is part of grief too, because losing someone you…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «feel» (+4); the same property (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} «Me and my cuz were crackin' up in the prayers, I'm dead, that's well bad innit,» says Max later (crackin' up = laughing, I'm dead = I'm so embarrassed). Best answer? - **1.** Yes, he has ruined the funeral for ever, and everyone saw — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Nervous laughter happens; it doesn't mean he didn't care — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** He must have hated his grandma, or he would never have laughed — no support - **4.** He should be banned from going to church ever again — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} A Gen Z cousin says, «Josh went full villain arc on his sister, he's lowkey toxic now.» What's really going on? - **1.** Grief can make people snappy; he can say sorry — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **2.** His sister must have caused it — no support - **3.** Josh has turned into a bad person for good and won't change back — no support - **4.** Snapping like that proves he doesn't miss Grandad at all — score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 67, line 15: «Grief can make people snappy; saying sorry helps, and so does telling someone you are sad.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «grief» (+2); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} What would happen if Harvey kept telling himself that Grandad died because he went to football? - **1.** He'd carry guilt for something that wasn't his fault — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **2.** Nothing at all; guilt like that always goes away by itself in time — no support - **3.** Grandad would come back to life if he stopped playing football — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **4.** He'd prove he loved Grandad most — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 58, line 4: «Grief comes in waves: a child may play football as usual, feel relief that the pain is over, forget for a whole day at the beach and then feel guilty, and all…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «play» (+2); the same thing acted on «football» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} The vicar says, very formally: «It is entirely proper to bring one's anger before God; the Psalmists did so repeatedly.» What does he mean? - **1.** Only Psalm-writers are allowed to be angry — score 4 - **2.** Anger must be confessed and then punished — score 4 - **3.** It's okay to tell God you're angry; the Psalms do it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** Angry people should stay away from church — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 67, line 11: «The Psalms in the Bible contain many angry and sad questions to God.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «god» (+3); the same doer «psalms» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} «Your nan croaked ages ago, get over it,» says a kid to Mia, two months after the funeral. What is true? - **1.** Sad people should stay at home and not come in to school — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The kid is right; two months is more than enough time for grief — no support - **3.** Mia must be faking it for attention — no support - **4.** Grief has no deadline; Mia's sadness is normal — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} A boy in Boston says, «Kai's wicked mad at his dad, and his dad's dead, that's messed up» (wicked = very). Fair answer? - **1.** Kai must never have loved his dad at all, not really — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** You can love someone and be angry at them — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Being angry at a dead dad is a sin that God won't forgive — no support - **4.** Kai should keep all of his anger a secret from everyone — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} Myth to check: «If a child is very naughty, it can make their mum ill.» - **1.** True; stress from children causes cancer — no support - **2.** False, but only for dads, not mums — no support - **3.** False; behaviour doesn't cause illness — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** True, but only if the child is very bad — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 48, line 5: «Sometimes there is no perfect answer; then a child today can still choose the least bad option, give honest reasons and treat everyone with respect.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «child» (+3); the same property (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} In a cartoon, a hero smashes the whole town in fury after his mentor dies, and everyone cheers. What's the real-life lesson? - **1.** Anger in grief is always heroic — no support - **2.** Only cartoon heroes feel angry when someone they love dies — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 - **3.** Smashing things up is the right way to grieve for someone — score 3 - **4.** Anger is natural, but it must not hurt people — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 67, line 10: «Many people, even priests, feel angry or confused with God when someone they prayed for dies.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «feel» (+4); the same property (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} «Proper gutted I never said love you to me uncle, it's doin' me head in,» says Oliver from Manchester (gutted = very upset). Best reply? - **1.** It is too late, so stop thinking about it — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Your uncle died thinking you didn't care — no support - **3.** Say it to his photo or it doesn't count — no support - **4.** Love shows in many ways; your uncle knew — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} Brooke says she's stoked and filthy at the same time. Is that weird? - **1.** No; grief often mixes feelings together — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Yes; you can only feel one thing at once — no support - **3.** Yes; she must be confused about fishing — no support - **4.** No, because she isn't really sad at all — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises anger occurring in bereavement? - **1.** It is permissible only when directed at medical staff — score 4 - **2.** It is an abnormal reaction requiring punishment — score 4 - **3.** It is confined to persons without religious faith — no support - **4.** It is a normal component of grief, provided it is expressed without harm to others — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 67, line 7: «Anger is a very normal part of grief; it is okay to feel angry, but not okay to hurt people.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «anger» (+3); the same circumstance (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Identify the principal reason for which a child who was absent at the moment of a relative's death bears no fault for that death. - **1.** The child was absent for a sufficiently long period of time — no support - **2.** The relative had expressly forbidden the child's attendance at the bedside — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **3.** Death frequently occurs unexpectedly, and absence does not occasion it — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Only adults are capable of causing such events to occur — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 34, line 3: «Fairness means no favourites; it does not always mean everyone gets the same: equality gives everyone the same, while equity gives each person what they need t…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+4); the same doer «child» (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning laughter during a funeral service. - **1.** Nervous laughter is a common release of tension and does not indicate indifference — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** Laughter during prayers demonstrates contempt for the deceased and for the family — no support - **3.** Laughter at a funeral is invariably a symptom of illness — no support - **4.** Laughter is a prescribed element of every funeral rite in this country, without exception — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 67, line 14: «Nervous laughter at serious times is common; it is the body letting off tension, not a sign of not caring.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «body» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} It is given that a child believes her misbehaviour caused her mother's illness. Ascertain the response that is consistent with the matters taught. - **1.** Illness arises from causes within the body and not from a child's conduct — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** Her belief is correct in respect of minor illnesses only — score 2 - **3.** Her belief is correct where the misbehaviour was frequent — score 2 - **4.** Her belief cannot be confirmed or denied by anyone — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 67, line 12: «Being naughty never makes anyone ill or die; illness happens because of things in the body.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «illness» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment/e4/) - ← previous: [66. Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb/) - next →: [68. Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and spe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/)