Ramadan Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Which numbered month is Ramadan in the Islamic lunar calendar?
The tenth month
The seventh month
The ninth month
The twelfth month
2. A community follows traditional crescent observation. After the 29th day of Sha'ban, the new crescent is not established. What is the traditional next step?
Begin Ramadan at midday the following day
Complete Sha'ban as a 30-day month
Skip directly to the second day of Ramadan
Wait until the next full moon
3. Which celebration marks the conclusion of Ramadan?
Eid al-Fitr
The Islamic New Year
Eid al-Adha
The Day of Arafah
4. A fasting person notices that true dawn has begun. What happens to the daily Ramadan fast at that point?
The fasting period ends
The fasting period begins
The fast pauses until sunrise
Only drinking stops; eating may continue
5. A family is waiting to break its daily fast. Which event signals the beginning of iftar?
The middle of the afternoon
The appearance of the first star
The end of the night prayer
Sunset
6. Ramadan begins about 10 or 11 days earlier in many successive Gregorian years. What best explains this shift?
Ramadan is shortened by one day every year
Ramadan always starts on the first visible full moon
The Gregorian calendar adds a month each year
The Islamic lunar year is shorter than the solar Gregorian year
7. According to Qur'an 2:183, fasting is prescribed with the aim that believers may develop what quality?
Skill in calculating the lunar calendar
God-consciousness or mindfulness of God
Freedom from every daily responsibility
Physical strength through hunger
8. A household gives the special obligatory charity associated with the end of Ramadan before the Eid prayer. What is it called?
Zakat al-Fitr
Fidyah
Sadaqah jariyah
Udhiyah
9. What is Ramadan's special connection with the Qur'an?
It is the month when the Qur'an was first translated
It is the month in which the revelation of the Qur'an began
It is the month when the written Qur'an was first bound as one book
It is the only month when the Qur'an may be recited
10. While fasting, a person absentmindedly eats something and then remembers the fast. According to a widely taught prophetic instruction, what should the person do?
Continue eating until the next prayer
End the fast because it is automatically invalid
Stop eating and continue the fast
Replace the fast with the Eid prayer
11. During the final ten nights, a worshipper stays in a mosque for an extended period devoted to prayer, remembrance, and reflection. Which practice does this describe?
Umrah
Khutbah
I'tikaf
Takbir al-Tashriq
12. Which Islamic month comes immediately before Ramadan?
Rajab
Muharram
Shawwal
Sha'ban
13. Someone wakes before dawn to eat in preparation for a day of fasting. What is this meal called?
Suhoor
Iftar
Walima
Aqiqah
14. A traveler uses the Qur'anic concession not to fast on a Ramadan day. What are they generally expected to do afterward?
Replace the day with an additional Eid prayer
Fast only until noon on the next day
Restart the entire month of fasting
Make up the missed fasting day later
15. A mosque holds additional congregational prayers after the obligatory night prayer during Ramadan. What are these prayers commonly called?
Janazah
Istisqa
Tarawih
Eid salah
16. During which part of Ramadan is Laylat al-Qadr especially sought?
During the final ten nights
During the middle three days
Only after Ramadan ends
Only on the first night