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Minor Prophets

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the Bible, there are as many books named after minor prophets as there are:

a)

Apostles

b)

Disciples

c)

Judges

d)

Kings

2.

Which Old Testament prophets do not have a book named after them?

a)

Elijah

b)

Elisha

c)

Nathan

d)

All of the above

3.

The prophet of divine justice was:

a)

Joel

b)

Micah

c)

Amos

d)

Nahum

4.

The prophet of divine love was:

a)

Zephaniah

b)

Hosea

c)

Habakkuk

d)

Haggai

5.

Which prophet was a businessman running a cattle ranch and sycamore tree farm before he was called to be a prophet?

a)

Amos

b)

Hosea

c)

Jonah

d)

Joel

6.

The prophet of covenant unity was:

a)

Zechariah

b)

Obadiah

c)

Malachi

d)

Micah

7.

The prophet of divine judgement was

a)

Jonah

b)

Zephaniah

c)

Obadiah

d)

Elisha

8.

Amos condemns Israel for:

a)

social injustice

b)

empty ritualism

c)

lack of repentance

d)

all of the above

9.

The prophet of temple cult was

a)

Malachi

b)

Nahum

c)

Jonah

d)

Zephaniah

10.

The prophet of repentance and new life was

a)

Obadiah

b)

Malachi

c)

Hosea

d)

Joel

11.

The only wife of a prophet mentioned by her name

a)

Elisha

b)

Gomer

c)

Judith

d)

Deborah

12.

Which minor prophet’s name is most similar to Jesus, both meaning: ‘He saves’?

a)

Josiah

b)

Hosea

c)

Yeshua

d)

Joshua

13.

The prophet of divine retribution was:

a)

Nahum

b)

Zechariah

c)

Jonah

d)

Micah

14.

The prophet of divine providence was:

a)

Amos

b)

Hosea

c)

Habakkuk

d)

Haggai

15.

Which prophet prophesied against Israel for worshipping Baal in the form of calves and bulls and breaking Yahweh’s commandments by enslaving male and female temple prostitutes?

a)

Hosea

b)

Jonah

c)

Micah

d)

Joel

16.

Name the prophet whose name means ‘Who is like God?’

a)

Obadiah

b)

Zephaniah

c)

Zechariah

d)

Micah

17.

The prophet of the second temple is

a)

Joel

b)

Obadiah

c)

Hosea

d)

Haggai

18.

Name the prophet who prophesied this about Jesus: But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to rule in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days.

a)

Nahum

b)

Micah

c)

Haggai

d)

Habakkuk

19.

The visionary prophet was

a)

Micah

b)

Zechariah

c)

Zephaniah

d)

Nahum

20.

Which prophet prophesied this about Yahweh’s requirement of Israel in His covenant with them? He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

a)

Obadiah

b)

Zephaniah

c)

Micah

d)

Haggai

21.

Which prophet’s name means ‘hidden/protected by Yahweh’ and he prophesied: Seek the Lord all you humble of the land. Perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the Lord.

a)

Zephaniah

b)

Zechariah

c)

Obadiah

d)

Haggai

22.

Which minor prophet’s name means ‘comforter’ or ‘consoler’?

a)

Haggai

b)

Nahum

c)

Joel

d)

Jonah

23.

Which prophet utters five woes against greed, violence, vainglory, degradation of human dignity and idolatry?

a)

Malachi

b)

Micah

c)

Habakkuk

d)

Hosea

24.

Which minor prophet describes the siege and capture of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria?

a)

Nahum

b)

Joel

c)

Jonah

d)

Hosea

25.

Which minor prophet’s name means a kind of a garden?

a)

Habakkuk

b)

Joel

c)

Jonah

d)

Malachi

26.

Which book of a minor prophet describes the prophet’s journey being ‘disinterested-disturbed-disciplined-disappointed with God’?

a)

Hosea

b)

Obadiah

c)

Malachi

d)

Jonah

27.

Which is the shortest book in the Old Testament with only one chapter of 21 verses?

a)

Obadiah

b)

Zechariah

c)

Zephaniah

d)

Malachi

28.

Which minor prophet urges Israel to rebuild the temple after their return from exile?

a)

Jonah

b)

Joel

c)

Hosea

d)

Haggai

29.

Which prophet’s name means ‘servant of Yahweh’?

a)

Obadiah

b)

Joshua

c)

Jerusha

d)

Jehoroboam

30.

The missionary prophet was:

a)

Obadiah

b)

Malachi

c)

Hosea

d)

Jonah

31.

The prophecy against Edom was made by

a)

Obadiah

b)

Haggai

c)

Zechariah

d)

Zephaniah

32.

Which is the 2nd shortest book in the Old Testament with only two chapters and a total of 38 verses?

a)

Joel

b)

Haggai

c)

Hosea

d)

Obadiah

33.

Which prophet declares God’s prophecy not just against Israel i.e the descendants of Jacob but also against Edom i.e the descendants of his twin Esau?

a)

Zechariah

b)

Nahum

c)

Joel

d)

Obadiah

34.

Which prophet’s name means ‘festival pilgrimage’ and comes from the same root word as does the Islamic ‘Haj’?

a)

Haggai

b)

Hosea

c)

Haman

d)

Hanur

35.

Which prophet prophesied this about Jesus? Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

a)

Zechariah

b)

Zephaniah

c)

Obadiah

d)

Malachi

36.

Which minor prophet prophesied against mixed marriages? Judah has been faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

a)

Hosea

b)

Malachi

c)

Joel

d)

Jonah

37.

Which minor prophets name means ‘Yahweh is God’?

a)

Joshua

b)

Jonah

c)

Joel

d)

James

38.

Which minor prophets prophesy is always read in the liturgy of Ash Wednesday? “Come back to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping and with mourning; rend your hearts and not your clothing.”

a)

Hosea

b)

Joel

c)

Jonah

d)

Obadiah

39.

Which minor prophet prophesied that the Holy Spirit would be given to all mankind: men (both old and young) and women as well as the slaves.

a)

Jonah

b)

Joshua

c)

James

d)

Joel

40.

What is the total number of books of major and minor prophets in the Old Testament?

a)

Fifteen

b)

Fourteen

c)

Thirteen

d)

twelve