Theme A: Relationships and families quiz - AQA GCSE Religious Studies A quiz

As a temporary arrangement that a couple can simply end whenever they wish to

As a sacred, lifelong union for love, companionship, children and stability

As something that is unnecessary and out of date in modern life today

As purely a legal contract that carries no religious meaning at all

A holy war

An annulment

A covenant

A sanction

Talaq

Ummah

Jihad

Nikah

The two will become one flesh (Mark 10:8)

Love your enemies (Matthew 5:44)

You shall not murder (Exodus 20:13)

Go now and leave your life of sin (John 8:11)

It allows divorce freely and lets couples remarry as often as they wish to

It does not recognise divorce, because marriage is a permanent sacrament

It actively encourages divorce whenever a married couple are unhappy together

It has no view on marriage or divorce and leaves the decision entirely to the couple

A type of divorce that legally ends a marriage that was valid

A second wedding ceremony held after a couple have remarried

A declaration that a marriage was never valid

A type of cohabitation in which a couple live together unmarried

It is completely forbidden in all cases and a Muslim couple may never separate under any circumstances whatsoever at all

It is actively encouraged whenever a married couple have an argument, with no waiting period needed

It is exactly the same as an annulment and simply declares that the marriage was never valid

It is permitted (talaq) but treated as the most disliked of lawful things, with reconciliation encouraged first

Living together as a couple before or instead of marriage

A religious wedding ceremony in which a couple are joined before God

Raising children alone as a single parent without a partner present

Divorcing one partner and then going on to remarry a different person

All religious groups, including traditional Catholics, evangelical Christians and Muslims, now fully accept and celebrate it

Traditional Catholics, evangelical Christians and most Muslims oppose it, while some liberal Christians accept it

No religious group anywhere has any view on the question of same-sex marriage at all

Only Islam accepts same-sex marriage, while every Christian denomination firmly rejects it

Encouraging conflict and arguments between the members of the household

Avoiding responsibility for caring for any children that are born

Procreation and the raising and nurturing of children

Bringing a marriage to an end as quickly as possible

Paper 1

Coursework

A spoken assessment

Paper 2

The religious ideal of lifelong commitment against the reality that some marriages break down

Only the religious ideal of lifelong commitment, while ignoring any other point of view entirely

Only the welfare of the children involved, ignoring the religious teaching on marriage

Nothing at all, since there is only one correct view that everybody must accept