Jonah Bible Quiz

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1. Who was the father of Jonah?A) Amittai · B) Hilkiah · C) Amoz · D) Buzi

   Amittai (Jonah 1vs1)

2. Where did God ask Jonah to go and preach?A) Nineveh · B) Tarshish · C) Babylon · D) Jerusalem

   Nineveh

3. Jonah flew from God and headed for ______?A) Tarshish · B) Joppa · C) Tyre · D) Egypt

   Tarshish

4. Jonah boarded a ship at the port of ______?A) Joppa · B) Tarshish · C) Tyre · D) Sidon

   Joppa

5. Why did God send Jonah to preach against the people of Nineveh?A) Their wickedness had come up before Him · B) They were too rich · C) They had no king · D) They were at war with Israel

   Their wickedness had come up before Him (him. 1vs2)

6. Then the Lord sent a great _____ on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up.A) wind · B) fish · C) rain · D) fire

   wind

7. The sailors threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship. True or false?A) True · B) False

   True

8. The lots of the sailors fell on _______.A) Jonah · B) the captain · C) a sailor · D) nobody

   Jonah

9. What swallowed Jonah when he was thrown into the sea?A) A great fish · B) A whale shark · C) A sea serpent · D) A crocodile

   A great fish (fish 1vs17)

10. Jonah stayed in the belle of the fish for how many days?A) 3 · B) 7 · C) 1 · D) 40

    3

11. Jonah stayed in the belle of the fish for how many nights?A) 3 · B) 7 · C) 1 · D) 40

    3

12. Jonah prayed to the LORD from the belly of the fish. True or false?A) True · B) False

    True

13. Nineveh was a very _____ city?A) great · B) small · C) holy · D) new

    great

14. How many days does it take to go through Nineveh?A) 3 · B) 1 · C) 7 · D) 40

    3

15. _______ more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.A) Forty · B) Three · C) Seven · D) Ten

    Forty

16. The people of Nineveh did not believe God. True or false?A) False · B) True

    False

17. When the warning of Jonah got to the King of Nineveh, what did he do?A) He put on sackcloth and sat in ashes · B) He fled the city · C) He laughed at Jonah · D) He had Jonah arrested

    He put on sackcloth and sat in ashes (dust. 3vs6)

18. A _____ was proclaimed all through Nineveh when Jonah gave the warning?A) fast · B) feast · C) war · D) census

    fast

19. When God saw that Nineveh turned from its evil way, He did not destroy it. True or false?A) True · B) False

    True

20. Jonah was happy that the LORD spared Nineveh. True or false?A) False · B) True

    False

21. Why did Jonah first run away instead of going to Nineveh (Jonah 4:2)?A) He knew God was gracious and merciful and would spare Nineveh · B) He was afraid of the sea · C) He was sick · D) He had no money

    He knew God was gracious and merciful and would spare Nineveh

22. In Jonah 4:3, who said, “Take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live”?A) Jonah · B) The king of Nineveh · C) The ship’s captain · D) A sailor

    Jonah

23. Jonah made for himself a shelter at a place _____ of the city.A) east · B) west · C) north · D) south

    east

24. The LORD prepared a ______ to be a shade over Jonah’s head.A) gourd · B) fig tree · C) palm tree · D) vine

    gourd

25. A _____ feed on the plant that was provided as a shade for Jonah.A) worm · B) bird · C) locust · D) goat

    worm

26. Nineveh had “more than sixscore thousand” people, that is, a hundred and ______ thousand.A) twenty · B) forty · C) thousand · D) seven

    twenty

27. Jonah was very glad of the gourd that shaded him. True or false?A) True · B) False

    True

28. How many times did the word of the Lord came to Jonah before he finally agreed to go to Nineveh?A) 2 · B) 1 · C) 3 · D) 7

    2

29. The Lord commanded the fish to vomit Jonah onto a _____ land.A) dry · B) green · C) far · D) holy

    dry

30. How many chapters are in the book of Jonah?A) 4 · B) 3 · C) 2 · D) 7

    4