Quiz: Captivity and Coming Home

True or false Nehemiah successfully prevents the people from returning to their old habits of social injustice and religious formalism

• True
• False

True or false Jesus identifies John the Baptist as the essence of Elijah, which fulfills a prophecy from Malachi.

• True
• False

True or false In the book of Esther, God is not mentioned at all.

• True
• False

True or false The destruction of Jerusalem and the exile have eliminated idolatry as a serious problem for the Jews.

• True
• False

True or false From Malachi's perspective worship in the new temple is going just fine.

• True
• False

True or false In 539 BC king Cyrus of Persia declared that the Judahite exiles could return to their homeland.

• True
• False

True or false A priest named Hezekiah lead the second wave of exiles back to Judah in 458 BC.

• True
• False

God empowers _______ to rebuild the walls and gates of Jerusalem in a short period of time.

• Daniel
• Nehemiah
• Esther
• Mordecai

The book of _______ is the final book in the old testament.

• Haggai
• Zechariah
• Malachi
• Nehemiah

The major emphasis in Zechariah is the coming of the day of the _______

• Lord
• Temple
• Messiah
• Guy