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The Book of Daniel

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what two languages was Daniel written?

a)

Hebrew

b)

Greek

c)

Arabic

d)

Aramaic

2.

Where does most of Daniel take place?

a)

Israel

b)

Egypt

c)

Babylon

d)

Persia

3.

How many years were the Israelites exiled?

a)

400

b)

490

c)

77

d)

70

4.

In what year was Daniel exiled to Babylon?

a)

605 BC

b)

532 BC

c)

658 BC

d)

491 BC

5.

What Bible characters are first named in Daniel?

a)

Gabriel

b)

Cyrus

c)

Michael

d)

Nebuchadnezzar

6.

Daniel's first 69 "sevens" began at the decree to rebuild Jerusalem, and ended when...

a)

The Anointed One comes

b)

Rome conquers Greece

c)

The second temple is destroyed

d)

the "abomination of desolation" appears

7.

What major historical event took place the night of the "handwriting on the wall"?

a)

The Jews were allowed to return home

b)

Persia was conquered by Babylon

c)

Nebuchadnezzar was killed

d)

Babylon was conquered by Persia

8.

What are the 4 empires represented in the dream of the statue and the vision of the 4 beasts?

a)

Babylon

b)

Assyria

c)

Rome

d)

Greece

e)

Persia

9.

What is the correct order of the four empires discussed in Daniel?

a)

Persia, Babylon, Greece, Rome

b)

Babylon, Greece, Persia, Rome

c)

Greece, Persia, Babylon, Rome

d)

Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome

10.

Who was the most notable ruler of Babylon?

a)

Xerxes

b)

Nebuchadnezzar

c)

Cyrus

d)

Belshazzar

11.

Who united the Medes and the Persians and was mentioned by name about 150 years before his birth in Isaiah?

a)

Nebuchadnezzar

b)

Cyrus

c)

Xerxes

d)

Darius

12.

Which Greek leader "conquered the known world" by age 33?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Darius the Great

c)

Ptolemy

d)

Julius Caesar

13.

Who came to plant the seed of His eternal kingdom during the fourth empire?

(a)  

14.

What 2 empires are represented by the ram and the goat in Daniel 8?

a)

Babylon

b)

Persia

c)

Greece

d)

Rome

15.

Into how many kingdoms did the Greek empire split?

a)

2

b)

12

c)

6

d)

4

16.

What series of wars took place between the kings of the north and south?

a)

The Diadochi Wars

b)

The Trojan Wars

c)

The Syrian Wars

d)

The Crusades

17.

What are the names of the northern and southern dynasties?

a)

Antiochus

b)

Seleucus

c)

Ptolemy

d)

Macedon

18.

Which leader persecuted the Jews and is a possible foreshadowing of the antichrist?

a)

Nebuchadnezzar

b)

Antiochus IV Epiphanes

c)

Cyrus the Great

d)

Xerxes

19.

What two things did Antiochus do to "desolate" the temple?

a)

Destroyed the building

b)

Sacrificed a pig

c)

Set up a statue of Zeus

d)

Renamed it "the Temple of Antiochus"

20.

Which family led a revolt against Antiochus Epiphanes?

a)

the Seleucids

b)

the Ptolemies

c)

the Maccabees

d)

the Macedonians

21.

What Holiday commemorates the rededication of the temple under the Maccabees?

a)

Purim

b)

Passover

c)

Shabbat

d)

Hanukkah

22.

What was Hanukkah known as in the New Testament?

a)

the festival of Booths

b)

the festival of Trumpets

c)

Pentecost

d)

the festival of Dedication

23.

Bonus Question!

Which characters from the nativity story are a possible remnant from Daniel's Babylonian leadership?

a)

The Shepherds

b)

The Magi

c)

The line of Herod

d)

The Angels