1) 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.

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) Divorce is generally resorted to:

1. when marital life becomes impossible and there is little chance of reconciliation.
2. when the spouses want to show spite for one another.
3. when one spouse wants to show who is in charge and has the upper hand.
4. when the spouses want to emotionally threaten one another and get what they want.

4) With regards to divorce what is the ‘iddah’?

1. The Arabic term for divorce.
2. The official marriage document.
3. The ‘waiting period’.
4. The Arabic term for a woman’s menstrual cycle.

5) 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.

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

1. When the wife does not adhere to her basic religious duties.
2. When there is no pressing necessity.
3. During a woman’s menstrual period.
4. When a marriage fails to realize its objectives.