Biblical Literacy Test


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Biblical Literacy Test 1. How many spies did Moses send from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the Promised Land? a. 4 b. 5 c. 10 d. 12 2. The Minor Prophets Nahum and Jonah both wrote books with a message to which city? a. Jerusalem b. Nineveh c. Samaria d. Babylon 3. In the third chapter of Genesis: a. Adam was deceived by a snake. b. There was a worldwide flood. c. Cain was born. d. The serpent deceived Eve. 4. The rise and fall of world empires is foretold in what Bible book? a. Ezekiel b. Zechariah c. Daniel d. Jeremiah 5. Nebuchadnezzar was king of: a. Egypt b. Babylon c. Persia d. Assyria 6. In the book of Joshua, Achan’s sin caused Israel’s defeat at what city? a. Ai b. Cairo c. Bethel d. Gaza 7. Boaz demonstrates the kinsman-redeemer principle in which book? a. Esther b. Job c. Ruth d. Isaiah 8. Who buried Moses? a. Aaron, his brother b. Miriam, his sister c. God, his God d. Joshua, his successor 9. Who was king of Babylon when Daniel interpreted the handwriting on the wall? a. Belshazzar b. Nebuchadnezzar c. Cyrus d. Elvis 10. Bethlehem, as the birthplace of Jesus, is talked about in which book? a. Micah b. Zechariah c. Zephaniah d. Isaiah 11. Moses’ authority was challenged in the wilderness by whom? a. Aaron b. Dothan c. Korah d. Eleazar 12. Which of the following contains short wisdom sayings? a. Lamentations b. Proverbs c. Ecclesiastes d. Job 13. The Days of Purim are celebrated by the telling of the story found in which book? a. Ezra b. Habakkuk c. Esther d. Haggai 14. The reconstruction of the temple in Jerusalem is highlighted in which book? a. Hezekiah b. Haggai c. Esther d. Ezra 15. Jacob married how many of Laban’s daughters? a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 1 16. “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest” comes from which book? a. Psalms b. Proverbs c. Lamentations d. Song of Solomon 17. The historical event of Elijah calling fire down from God is in which book? a. Hezekiah b. Joshua c. 1 Kings d. Isaiah 18. King David was born in which city? a. Gaza b. Bethlehem c. Jericho d. Jerusalem 19. Who was the female judge? a. Esther b. Hannah c. Abigail d. Deborah 20. What animal being lost/let go in the wilderness each year demonstrated God’s forgetting Israel’s sins? a. goat b. horse c. cow d. deer 21. Who led the first group of Jews back to Israel from captivity? a. Ezra b. Nehemiah c. Zerubbabel d. Haggai 22. The naming of a place Babel and the mixing up of languages happened in which book? a. Numbers b. Deuteronomy c. Genesis d. Exodus 23. Though Ruth was from Moab, she would not stop following her mother-in-law, named: a. Esther b. Naomi c. Hannah d. Sarah 24. Who kept telling Job to “Curse God and die!”? a. Bildad b. Eliphaz c. Zophar d. Job’s wife 25. Which event happened the latest in the Old Testament? a. David crowned king b. Elisha being called “you baldhead” c. Jericho destroyed d. Samson’s haircut 26. “I know that my Redeemer lives” comes from which book? a. Job b. Psalms c. Ecclesiastes d. Proverbs 27. The story of a prophet getting put into a well is found in which book? a. Ezekiel b. Jeremiah c. Isaiah d. Daniel 28. Who was the woman who learned Samson’s secret about his hair? a. Delilah b. Miriam c. Jezebel d. Jael 29. Who lived through Israel’s wilderness experience and were the only ones of their generation to enter the Promised Land? a. Saul/Jonathan b. Shadrach/Meshach c. Caleb/Joshua d. David/Goliath 30. Under Gideon’s leadership, how many men did God use to defeat the Midianites? a. 35.000 b. 10,000 c. 1,000 d. 300 31. What plague did God bring on the Philistines for capturing Israel’s ark of the covenant? a. frogs and toads b. boils and mice c. flies and fleas d. drought and famine 32. Who was the Israelite judge who anointed Saul as the first king of Israel? a. Ehud b. Gideon c. Samuel d. Eli 33. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding” is a quote from which book? a. Job b. Psalms c. Proverbs d. Isaiah 34. To whom did Mordecai say, “Who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?” a. Esther b. Jezebel c. Ruth d. Bathsheba 35. “Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise” is from which book? a. Isaiah b. Job c. Jeremiah d. Psalms 36. The fifth book of the Bible is a. Exodus b. Deuteronomy c. Leviticus d. Numbers 37. The life and times of Abraham are told in which book? a. Numbers b. Genesis c. Exodus d. Joshua 38. Who was Moses’ brother and the first high priest of Israel? a. Annas b. Caiaphas c. Eli d. Aaron 39. Which book begins to tell the history of Israel as they enter the Promised Land? a. Joshua b. Judges c. Deuteronomy d. Numbers 40. What relationship was Moses to Jethro? a. son b. son-in-law c. brother d. father 41. Who is known as the “weeping prophet” because of his book of Lamentations? a. Ezekiel b. Daniel c. Jeremiah d. Job 42. Which book portrays the rightful place of physical love only within marriage? a. Psalms b. Micah c. Song of Songs d. Ruth 43. Which book contains the story of David the shepherd boy slaying the giant Goliath? a. 1 Samuel b. 2 Samuel c. 1 Kings d. Judges 44. When the Promised Land was being divided up, who asked for the hardest to conquer lands-the hill country of Hebron? a. Joshua b. Simon c. Caleb d. Levi 45. Whose name did God change to “Israel”? a. Abraham b. Isaac c. Jacob d. Joseph 46. Who said, “To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams”? a. Samuel b. Joshua c. Nehemiah d. David 47. The description of the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem by Babylon is in which book? a. 2 Samuel b. 2 Kings c. 1 Chronicles d. 1 Kings 48. Which Jewish exile was known as the “cupbearer to the king”? a. Daniel b. Shadrach c. Ezra d. Nehemiah 49. Before Joseph died, he made the sons of Israel swear an oath. It included which point? a. burial next to Benjamin b. build an altar honoring Jacob c. carry his bones from Egypt d. burial in Egypt 50. Who was the prophet who owned a donkey that saved his life and talked to him? a. Ahab b. Elisha c. Balaam d. Elijah 51. Who was the Moabite woman in the lineage of King David and was his great grandmother? a. Naomi b. Esther c. Miriam d. Ruth 52. Who was known as a “man after [God’s] own heart”? a. David b. Jonathan c. Solomon d. Moses 53. Which of Israel’s twelve tribes was given wholly to the Lord as his own in place of all of the firstborn sons in Israel? a. Reuben b. Levi c. Judah d. Dan 54. The book of Ruth takes place during which days? a. when the judges ruled b. after King Saul ruled c. before Joshua conquered the land d. during Solomon’s time *55. Which statement did Job not* say? a. Man is born for trouble, as the sparks fly upward b. Woe is me. For I am a man of unclean lips. c. Your hands shaped me and made me. Will you now turn and destroy me? d. Though he slay me, I will hope in him. 56. In what country did the book of Esther take place? a. Palestine b. Egypt c. Persia d. Syria 57. The book of Judges contains this person’s story. a. Jonathan b. Joshua c. Samson d. Saul 58. “Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked” is taken from where? a. Psalm 1 b. Psalm 23 c. Psalm 51 d. Psalm 100 59. What was Nehemiah’s great work? a. to be a king of Israel b. to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem c. to rebel against the Romans d. to be a courageous priest 60. What book speaks of beginnings? a. Genesis b. Exodus c. Leviticus d. Deuteronomy 61. The book of Ecclesiastes was written by whom? a. the Preacher b. the son of David c. the king in Jerusalem d. all of the above 62. Which prophet related a vision of a valley of dry bones that live again? a. Obadiah b. Ezekiel c. Amos d. Nahum 63. The miracle in which the sun stood still is recorded in which book? a. Leviticus b. Joshua c. Judges d. 1 Samuel 64. The name Eve means a. Adam’s helper b. bone of my bones c. mother of all living d. created in the evening 65. Who hid two spies for Israel in Jericho? a. Rachel b. Ruth c. Esther d. Rahab 66. Who said, “Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee” (from the King James Version)? a. Ruth b. Esther c. Deborah d. Orpah 67. “In the year that King Uzziah died,” who saw a vision of God “high and exalted”? a. Daniel b. Ezekiel c. Isaiah d. Jeremiah 68. “The Lord said to Satan, 'Where have you come from?’ Satan answered the Lord and said, 'From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it,’ ” is from which book? a. Ezekiel b. Job c. Isaiah d. Jeremiah 69. Who received a hip injury while wrestling with an angel? a. Isaac b. Judah c. David d. Jacob 70. Which of the following was not one of Noah’s three sons? a. Shem b. Ham c. Jephthah d. Japheth 71. Who was the man who “walked with God [and] . God took him away,” so that he did not physically die? a. Jeremiah b. Elisha c. Job d. Enoch 72. What do you remember about Jephthah from the book of Judges? a. He made a rash vow and lived to regret it. b. He was a Nazirite. c. He fought the enemy with only a trumpet. d. He was one of the sons of Noah. 73. From the book of Daniel we learn that the laws of the Medes and Persians a. affected only captives b. could only be changed by the king c. did not protect the life of the queen d. could not be revoked by man 74. In which book does Cyrus, king of Persia, decree the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem? a. Esther b. Ezra c. 1 Chronicles d. Nehemiah 75. Which book details the story of God telling Moses to strike a rock in order to get drinking water? a. Exodus b. Deuteronomy c. Numbers d. Joshua 76. Who said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him”? a. Elisha b. Elijah c. Joshua d. Samuel 77. Who prayed that his servant’s eyes would be open to see the armies of heaven surrounding them? a. Ezekiel b. Elijah c. Elisha d. Ehud 78. Which prophet was commanded by God to marry a prostitute as an object lesson to Israel? a. Habakkuk b. Hezekiah c. Nahum d. Hosea 79. Who was known as a hairy man compared to Jacob being smooth? a. Abimelech b. Judah c. Esau d. Isaac 80. What infamous king of Israel (of the northern ten tribes) disguised himself in battle but got hit by a randomly shot arrow and died? a. Hezekiah b. Ahab c. Jeroboam d. Rehoboam 81. Which judge of Israel was able to sneak a sword past the guards because he was left-handed? a. Ehud b. Gideon c. Barak d. Samuel 82. Which of these events happened the latest in the Old Testament? a. Elijah flees to Horeb. b. David conquers Jerusalem. c. Josiah institutes a revival. d. Elisha heals Namaan. 83. Namaan, whom Elisha healed of leprosy, was a military man from which country? a. Israel b. Aram c. Egypt d. Assyria 84. Samson was under what kind of vow? a. chastity b. Nazirite c. silence d. poverty 85. For what did Solomon pray to God? a. wealth b. wisdom c. fame d. humility 86. What swallowed Jonah? a. a whale b. Leviathan c. a great fish d. a great white shark 87. Which Minor Prophet identifies himself as a herdsman and grower of figs? a. Joel b. Jonah c. Amos d. Andy 88. “But the righteous will live by his faith,” though quoted in Romans, was penned by which prophet? a. Habakkuk b. Joel c. Amos d. Jonah 89. Who was the postexilic prophet who encouraged the rebuilding of the temple? a. Joel b. Haggai c. Amos d. Obadiah 90. Which prophet was fed by ravens after announcing a drought? a. Elisha b. Isaiah c. Jeremiah d. Elijah 91. Which son did Jacob think he had lost to a wild animal? a. Benjamin b. Reuben c. Joseph d. Judah 92. The “Mizpah” benediction “May the Lord watch between you and me when we are away from each other”-was given in which context? a. love b. distrust c. wishing God’s protection d. blessing 93. Nathan the prophet confronted which man with his sin by telling a story about a sheep? a. Solomon b. Saul c. Jonathan d. David 94. Which son of David rebelled against his dad and declared himself king? a. Solomon b. Absalom c. Amnon d. Mephibosheth 95. Which event happened first? a. King David’s reign as king b. the writing of Proverbs c. Purim d. Samuel in the tabernacle 96. “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given” is found in which Major Prophet’s book? a. Jeremiah b. Isaiah c. Ezekiel d. Daniel 97. The last plague on Egypt took what from the Egyptians? a. cows b. pigs c. sons d. water 98. How many people were there on the ark during the Flood? a. 8 b. 12 c. 6 d. 7 99. In which city was Abram, who became Abraham, living when he first followed God’s leading? a. Ur of the Chaldeans b. Haran c. Canaan d. Jerusalem 100. Abraham had how many sons?** a. 8 b. 1 c. 3 d. 2 e. Many To view the answers to the hundred-question Biblical Literacy Test, click here
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