1) In the case of pregnant women, what is the duration of the ‘waiting period’?

1. Until the delivery of the child.
2. Three menstrual cycles.
3. Three months.
4. One year.

2) Select a false statement with regards to divorce in Islam.

1. Divorce is the last resort, not the first step to resolve marital conflict.
2. Islam has specified certain steps to settle marital disputes.
3. Divorce is defined as ‘dissolution of marriage’ and is mentioned in the Quran and Sunnah.
4. Divorce is seen as dissolution of the marriage contract and is deemed to certain conditions.
5. None of the above.

3) Select a true statement with regards to divorce in Islam.

1. Islam tolerates divorce in view of the imperfections of human nature.
2. Islam pronounces an outright prohibition against divorce.
3. Islam makes no clear cut stance on the subject of divorce.
4. None of the above.

4) Marriage in Islam is:

1. a solemn covenant.
2. a God-given blessing.
3. a means of expressing love and compassion.
4. All of the above.

5) A husband should divorce the woman in the ‘prescribed periods’. What does this period refer to?

1. the period of purity in which sexual relations have not taken place.
2. the period the husband and wife are mutually apart from one another and do not share the same roof.
3. the period during which the husband and wife have performed the necessary bath immediately after sexual relations.
4. None of the above.

6) In accordance to the categories of Islamic divorce when does divorce become obligatory?

1. When there is unbearable harm, usually on part of the wife.
2. When a marriage fails to realize its objectives.
3. During a woman’s menstrual period.
4. None of the above.