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title: Honest with yourself: excuses, pride and the truth inside — how Mova does on the tests · Religion ethics
description: Lesson 98 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 10 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Honest with yourself: excuses, pride and the truth inside

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**Tests:** 6 of 10 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 3 of 14 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 98 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/98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside/).

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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/98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Your mate says, "Excuses aren't lies, they're just reasons." What is wrong when the excuse is made up?

- **1.** Nothing; all excuses are honest reasons — no support
- **2.** Excuses are fine if they're funny — no support
- **3.** A made-up excuse is a lie, and it stops you fixing the problem — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **4.** Excuses are only lies if the teacher checks — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 98, line 6: «In Jesus's parable of the great banquet, the guests "all alike began to make excuses"; excuses stop us fixing the real problem.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fix» (+1); the same thing acted on «real problem» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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"The dog ate it, swear down, Miss." What would happen if Arlo told the truth instead?

- **1.** He'd be sent home from school for ever — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He'd likely get a chance to bring it tomorrow and be trusted more — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Nothing; teachers don't care about the truth — no support
- **4.** Miss would give him extra homework every day — no support

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**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/98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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A cartoon shows a girl writing in her diary, "Everything is always everyone else's fault." What is the honest diary habit?

- **1.** Looking at both sides, including her own part — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Writing only nice things about herself, so it's happy — no support
- **3.** Never writing about fights at all — no support
- **4.** Letting her friends write in it too — no support

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**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/98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Ben shouts, "I'm the best singer in the world, the haters are just jealous!" What does Proverbs 27:17 suggest?

- **1.** Listen to people who care about you; they help you grow — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Never listen to anyone but yourself — no support
- **3.** Everyone who disagrees with him is just jealous of his voice — no support
- **4.** Sing louder so they can hear better — no support

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**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/98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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"That's not fair, the dice hate me!" shouts Sasha for the fifth time. What is the most honest reply to herself?

- **1.** The dice really do hate her — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It was a fair game and I lost; next time — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** She should never play dice games again — no support
- **4.** Everyone else must have cheated when she wasn't looking — no support

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**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/98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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Josh's friend says, "You only helped him to look good, so it didn't count." What is fair?

- **1.** Josh should stop helping anyone at all — no support
- **2.** He's right; the help counts for nothing — no support
- **3.** Josh should only help when nobody is watching — no support
- **4.** Helping was still good; being honest about reasons helps him do good for good reasons — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 98, line 14: «"Be careful not to practise your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them"; being honest about your reasons helps you do good for good reasons.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same thing acted on «good» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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"Proper job, I'm well over it," says Jago, then cries at night. What would help more than pretending?

- **1.** Never mentioning his friend again — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Telling someone he trusts that he's sad — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Pretending his friend never existed — no support
- **4.** Telling everyone he's never been happier — no support

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**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/98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Mo says, "Screen time apps lie, it's like an hour, max." What would be honest with himself?

- **1.** Delete the app so he doesn't know — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Say "an hour" until it becomes true — no support
- **3.** Check the real number and face it — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Ask his mum to guess for him — no support

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**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/98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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The judge asks, "Why did you say the other team had a good point?" Which is the best answer?

- **1.** I was trying to make them lose — no support
- **2.** I forgot what my point was — no support
- **3.** I wanted to finish early — no support
- **4.** Admitting a good point is honest, and judges give points for it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 98, line 17: «"Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry"; olympiad judges give points for engaging fairly with the other side.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «give» (+2); the same doer «olympiad judges» (+1); the same thing acted on «points» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Danny's mate says, "Just say you defo didn't touch it, they can't prove it." What is wrong?

- **1.** Claiming certainty you don't have is not honest — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** He should say he touched it on purpose, to be extra honest — no support
- **3.** Nothing; you should always say "defo" — no support
- **4.** It only matters in professional games — no support

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**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/98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside/t10/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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Which of the following most accurately characterises the principal disadvantage of an excuse?

- **1.** It preserves the appearance of the speaker whilst preventing the remedy of the actual problem — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** It is always more difficult to formulate than the truth — no support
- **3.** It possesses no disadvantage whatsoever — no support
- **4.** It invariably results in a more severe penalty than the truth — no support

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**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/98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Identify the practice of prayer taught by Ignatius of Loyola, whereby the day is reviewed with thanksgiving and the noting of faults.

- **1.** The Litany — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The Rosary — no support
- **3.** The Examen — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The Angelus — no support

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**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/98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Select the response most consistent with honesty where a speaker is uncertain whether he committed a foul.

- **1.** The candid admission of his uncertainty — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The confident denial of having committed the foul — no support
- **3.** The attribution of the foul to an opponent — no support
- **4.** The refusal to answer any question concerning the incident — no support

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**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/98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Ascertain which statement concerning the self-assessment of persons new to an activity is consistent with this lesson.

- **1.** Such persons are incapable of any form of self-assessment — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Such persons frequently overestimate their own ability — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Such persons invariably assess their ability with perfect accuracy — no support
- **4.** Such persons invariably underestimate their ability by a great margin — no support

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**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/98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside/e4/)

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- ← previous: [97. Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/)
- next →: [99. Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/99-olympiad-dilemmas-friends-truth-and-telling/)
- ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/)