Esther Bible Quiz

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  1. How many chapters are in the book of Esther?A) 10 · B) 13 · C) 12 · D) 7

    10

  2. How many Provinces did King Xerxes reign over?A) 127 · B) 120 · C) 12 · D) 70

    127

  3. What was the name of the first queen of Xerxes?A) Vashti · B) Esther · C) Zeresh · D) Hadassah

    Vashti (Vashti 1vs9)

  4. Which of these was one of the seven chamberlains of King Ahasuerus (Esther 1:10)?A) Harbonah · B) Haman · C) Mordecai · D) Memucan

    Harbonah (Karkas 1vs10)

  5. Why did the King order queen Vashti to be brought to him?A) To show the people and princes her beauty · B) To make her queen · C) To send her away · D) To hear her sing

    To show the people and princes her beauty

  6. What was the offense of queen Vashti?A) She refused to come at the king’s command · B) She stole from the palace · C) She worshipped idols · D) She left the city

    She refused to come at the king’s command (commanded. 1vs12)

  7. Which of these was one of the seven princes of Persia and Media (Esther 1:14)?A) Memucan · B) Hegai · C) Harbonah · D) Mordecai

    Memucan (Memukan 1vs14)

  8. What punishment was given to queen Vashti?A) She was never to come before the king again, and her royal place given to another · B) She was put to death · C) She was sent to prison · D) She was made a servant

    She was never to come before the king again, and her royal place given to another

  9. Who gave the suggestion about queen Vashti punishment?A) Memucan · B) Haman · C) Mordecai · D) Hegai

    Memucan

  10. What was the Hebrew name of Esther?A) Hadassah · B) Vashti · C) Zeresh · D) Abihail

    Hadassah

  11. What is the name of Mordecai's cousin?A) Esther · B) Vashti · C) Zeresh · D) Ruth

    Esther

  12. Esther had neither father nor mother. True or false?A) True · B) False

    True

  13. Whose care where the maidens of susa placed?A) Hegai · B) Harbonah · C) Memucan · D) Haman

    Hegai

  14. Which of the jewshish tribes was Mordecai from?A) Benjamin · B) Judah · C) Levi · D) Dan

    Benjamin (Benjamin 2vs5)

  15. How many attendants were female assigned to Esther?A) 7 · B) 12 · C) 3 · D) 10

    7

  16. What was the name of Esther's father?A) Abihail · B) Mordecai · C) Kish · D) Shimei

    Abihail

  17. What are the names of the palace guards that conspired to assassinate King Xerxe?A) Bigthan and Teresh · B) Haman and Hegai · C) Harbonah and Memucan · D) Sanballat and Tobiah

    Bigthan and Teresh (Teresh 2vs21)

  18. Who saved King Xerxes life?A) Mordecai · B) Haman · C) Esther · D) Hegai

    Mordecai

  19. Who plotted to destroy the Jews?A) Haman · B) Mordecai · C) Hegai · D) Harbonah

    Haman

  20. What did Esther instruct Modecai to do?A) Gather the Jews to fast for three days, night and day · B) Go to the king first · C) Leave the city · D) Write to Persia

    Gather the Jews to fast for three days, night and day (day. 4vs15)

  21. What was the name of Haman's wife?A) Zeresh · B) Vashti · C) Esther · D) Hadassah

    Zeresh

  22. What plan was suggested to Haman by his wife and friends?A) To build a gallows fifty cubits high to hang Mordecai · B) To send Mordecai away · C) To poison the king · D) To make Mordecai a servant

    To build a gallows fifty cubits high to hang Mordecai (up. 5vs15)

  23. Who told the King about Haman's plan against Modecai?A) Harbonah · B) Hegai · C) Memucan · D) Mordecai

    Harbonah

  24. How many people did the Jews kill at Susa?A) 500 · B) 1,000 · C) 75,000 · D) 100

    500 (men. 9vs6)

  25. How many sons did Haman have?A) 10 · B) 7 · C) 12 · D) 3

    10 (sons 9vs10)

  26. What days of Adar did Modeccai instruct the Jews to observe each year?A) The fourteenth and fifteenth days of Adar · B) The first day of Nisan · C) The tenth day of the seventh month · D) The fifteenth day of Tishri

    The fourteenth and fifteenth days of Adar (Adar 9vs12)

  27. Why were the holidays called Purim?A) From the word Pur, the lot Haman cast · B) From the name of a king · C) From the word for joy · D) From the name of Esther’s father

    From the word Pur, the lot Haman cast (pur. 9vs24-26)

  28. What made Haman plan to kill Modecai and the other jews?A) Mordecai would not bow down to him · B) Mordecai stole his money · C) The king asked him to · D) Esther insulted him

    Mordecai would not bow down to him (Xerxes. 3vs5-6)

  29. How many talents of silver did Haman offer to pay into the king’s treasury?A) Ten thousand · B) One thousand · C) Thirty · D) One hundred

    Ten thousand

  30. Why did the jews mourn?A) Because of the king’s decree to destroy them · B) Because the temple fell · C) Because of a famine · D) Because Esther died

    Because of the king’s decree to destroy them

  31. What made the King to stop the killing of the Jews?A) Queen Esther pleaded for them · B) Haman changed his mind · C) The army refused · D) Mordecai paid money

    Queen Esther pleaded for them (behalf. 3vs10)

  32. What day did Haman plan to carry out his plot?A) The thirteenth day of the twelfth month, Adar · B) The first day of Nisan · C) The Passover · D) The fourteenth day of the first month

    The thirteenth day of the twelfth month, Adar (Adar. 3vs7)

  33. What did the king do when he heard about Hamans plot against Modecai?A) He had Haman hanged on the gallows he made for Mordecai · B) He made Haman a prince · C) He sent Haman to Persia · D) He forgave Haman

    He had Haman hanged on the gallows he made for Mordecai (subsided. 7vs9-10)

  34. How many years did the regular beauty treatment last?A) One year (twelve months) · B) One month · C) Three years · D) Seven days

    One year (twelve months)

  35. In what year of King Xerxes's rule was Esther brought to him?A) The seventh year · B) The first year · C) The third year · D) The twelfth year

    The seventh year (reign. 2vs16)

  36. What made Haman to think that he was the one that deserved the kings honour?A) All the king’s servants bowed to him at the king’s command · B) He had saved the king’s life · C) He was Esther’s cousin · D) He was the richest man

    All the king’s servants bowed to him at the king’s command

  37. How many days did Esther ask her people to fast?A) 3 · B) 7 · C) 1 · D) 40

    3 (day. 4vs15)

  38. Which of these was one of the ten sons of Haman (Esther 9:7-10)?A) Parshandatha · B) Harbonah · C) Memucan · D) Hegai

    Parshandatha (Vaizatha 9vs7-10)

  39. Haman was an Agagite. True or false?A) True · B) False

    True

  40. What book did the King asked to be read before him?A) The book of records of the chronicles · B) The law of Moses · C) The book of Daniel · D) The Psalms

    The book of records of the chronicles (chronicles 6vs1)

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