1) Select the correct statement regarding the sexual activity allowed between a Muslim couple.

1. All types of sexual activity is allowed as long as they both agree to it.
2. Anal sex is prohibited.
3. Sex during the wife's menstrual cycle is permissible.
4. There are no Islamic guidelines on sex.

2) Identify the need for the rights and responsibilities of spouses to be clearly laid out by Islam for a successful marriage.

1. If left for the spouses to decide they may not see eye to eye with one another and it may cause them to end the marriage.
2. It provides the spouses with a second option to look into if they are not satisfied with their marriage counselor.
3. It helps to minimize conflict between spouses.
4. There is no need for the rights and responsibilities to be laid out by Islam; spouses are always capable of deciding what their responsibilities are without any conflict.
5. Option A and C.

3) According to Prophet Muhammad, the best among men is the one:

1. who is strict with his wife.
2. who hits his wife.
3. who treats his wife well.
4. who loves his wife.

4) Identify the rights of a wife over her husband.

1. Complete freedom to leave the house without his permission or approval.
2. The decision-making authority in all matters.
3. The financial right to receive Mahr (bridal gift).
4. To allow anyone she pleases to enter the house without his permission or approval.
5. All of the above.

5) With regards to financial matters in a marriage:

1. a wife has the right to financial maintenance provided by the husband.
2. a wife has the right to financial maintenance from her husband only if she does not have a job or personal wealth to support herself.
3. a wife has the right to unlimited financial requests and the husband must do all that he can to fulfill her demands.
4. both the husband and wife have the responsibility to work and support one another so that it is not burdensome on either one.

6) John is a new Muslim who recently got married. He demands total obedience from his wife. He is strict and demands that she takes permission from him before stepping out of the door, and to call him on his cell phone whenever anyone rings the door bell before letting them in. His wife is currently unhappy and wants to leave. What advice should you give him?

1. Tell John that he is in the right and must enforce the Islamic rulings upon her or else he would burn in Hell.
2. Support John in his commendable attempts to live an Islamically ideal life.
3. Condemn John for “controlling” his wife and abusing her.
4. Advise John to consider the spirit of the law, to be gentle with her, and to seek advice about his understanding and implementation of Islamic marital rules.

7) Identify the source from which rights and responsibilities of spouses towards each other have come.

1. Allah
2. Islamic marriage guidance counselors.
3. The Walee.
4. The spouses themselves.

8) If spouses fall short in their responsibilities towards one another,:

1. they should forgive one another as much as possible.
2. they should resort to violence and verbal abuse.
3. they should give the other 'tit for tat' and abandon their responsibilities as well.
4. they should make a strong statement by walking out on one another.
5. they should remind the other of their rights in times of anger and quarrel even if it adds more fuel.

9) What is true of the husband's rights over his wife?

1. Only the husband has rights over his wife and not vice versa.
2. Another name of a husband's right is "control".
3. Rights between spouses are “expectations” that they can set for themselves.
4. None of the above.