1) Zakah is usually translated as:

1. poor due or alms tax.
2. excise tax.
3. retail tax.
4. common charity.

2) Identify the five pillars of Islam.

1. Prayer, zakah, fasting, jihad and hajj.
2. Shahadah, prayer, zakah, fasting and hajj.
3. Fasting, prayer, sadaqah, shahadah and hajj.
4. Shahadah, prayer, sacrifice, fasting and hajj.

3) Zakah is to be paid on one's wealth only if:

1. he has no inheritors who will inherit his wealth.
2. his wealth reaches a minimum level called Nisaab.
3. he has more wealth than he needs to live a comfortable life.
4. he knows eligible recipients to give his wealth to.

4) How is the act of giving zakah intimately tied to purification?

1. Before giving zakah a person purifies his intentions that the act is solely for the sake of helping the poor.
2. Before giving zakah a person purifies himself by performing ablution.
3. By giving zakah a person purifies his heart from the love of material wealth.
4. By giving zakah a person purifies his bank balance by removing any unlawful earnings.

5) On what basis does zakah have to be given?

1. On a weekly basis.
2. On a daily basis.
3. On a yearly basis.
4. Once in a lifetime.

6) On which of the following possessions is zakah to be paid?

1. Gold
2. Cash and savings.
3. Silver
4. All of the above.

7) According to the Quran, what will be the fate in the hereafter of those who refuse to pay zakah?

1. Their hoarded wealth will be sunken into the ground and buried forever.
2. Their hoarded wealth of gold and silver will be melted and they will be made to drink the hot molten liquid.
3. Their hoarded wealth will be heated in the fire of hell and with it their foreheads, their sides and their backs will be branded.
4. Their hoarded wealth of gold and silver will be melted and they will be made to drown in the hot molten liquid.

8) Shariah defines zakah as:

1. the entire wealth of a person that must be given to a specific group of recipients.
2. half of a person's wealth that must be given to a specific group of recipients.
3. an impure portion of a person's wealth earned through unlawful means that must be given to a specific group of recipients.
4. a specific portion of a person's wealth that must be given yearly to a specific group of recipients.

9) Islam categorizes Zakah as:

1. an obligatory charity.
2. a voluntary charity.
3. a onetime charity.
4. a compensational charity.