WorksheetsBible Knowledge Multiple Choice Questions
Total questions: 94
Worksheet time: 47mins
How many days did Goliath come forward to taunt Israel?
30 days
40 days
7 days
12 days
Impulsive hunter who lost his birthright and blessing.
Jacob
Esau
Ishmael
Cain
How many non-writing prophets were called to challenge the Northern Kingdom?
2
4
3
5
Meaning “Lord,” this is the word used by Jewish readers in place of the name for God.
Elohim
Adonai
El Shaddai
Yahweh
Where did Terah die?
Canaan
Haran
Ur
Shechem
Where did Saul and his sons die?
Jerusalem
Bethel
Mount Gilboa
Jericho
A word meaning “hidden” used in Protestant Bibles for books not found in the Hebrew Bible.
Pseudepigrapha
Apocrypha
Deuterocanonical
By what word do Catholic scholars refer to the extra books found in their Biblical canon?
Pseudepigrapha
Apocrypha
Deuterocanonical
Canonical Additions
Jacob’s favorite wife.
Leah
Rachel
Bilhah
Zilpah
Pharaoh took this away to make life more difficult for the Hebrews.
Food
Straw
Water
Bricks
The Tetragrammaton.
Adonai
Jehovah
YHWH
Elohim
Rachel’s maid and wife to Jacob.
Zilpah
Rebekah
Bilhah
Hagar
Much about the era of the monarchy in Israel is recorded in:
1 and 2 Chronicles
1 and 2 Kings
Judges
Psalms
From what tribe did the parents of Moses come?
Judah
Levi
Benjamin
He was going to be sacrificed, but a ram was provided.
Jacob
Isaac
Esau
Joseph
A mistaken reading of the name YHWH.
Adonai
Yahweh
Jehovah
Elohim
When Moses received the 10 Commandments, the Israelites:
Prayed and fasted
Created an idol
Built a tabernacle
Followed the law
Prophetic metaphor of Israel’s faithlessness is shown through:
David and Bathsheba
The marriage of Gomer and Hosea
Moses and the burning bush
Solomon’s wisdom
God’s solution to Israelite hunger was manna and:
Fish
Quail
Bread
Water
He was the first of the three patriarchs.
Isaac
Jacob
Abraham
Moses
Who anointed Saul king over Israel?
Nathan
Elijah
Samuel
Elisha
The name of the Northern Kingdom after the split.
Judah
Israel
Canaan
Galilee
The Hebrew word for “law”:
Neviim
Torah
Ktuvim
Mishnah
When Israel demanded a king, Samuel warned that:
Kings would tax them
Kings would take sons and daughters
Kings would enslave them
All of the above
25. Mark of the Covenant.
Manna
Circumcision
Ark of the Covenant
Tablets
How many books are generally found in the Protestant Bible?
73
39
66
70
Which Book is a collection of sorrowful poetry?
Psalms
Ecclesiastes
Lamentations
Song of Songs
Belief and worship of many gods.
Henotheism
Monotheism
Polytheism
Pantheism
The name of the Southern Kingdom after the split.
Samaria
Judah
Israel
Canaan
How many books are in the Catholic Bible?
66
73
70
39
Jonah was called to preach to which city?
Babylon
Nineveh
Jerusalem
Samaria
Hagar became this when she bore Abraham a son.
Wife
Concubine
Servant
Prophetess
His name means Red and Hairy.
Ishmael
Esau
Jacob
Samson
Where Moses received the 10 Commandments.
Mt. Horeb
Mt. Ararat
Mt. Sinai
Mt. Carmel
Who was the surprise in Jacob’s tent?
Bilhah
Rachel
Leah
Rebekah
"Heel Grabber" refers to:
Esau
Isaac
Jacob
Most quoted prophet in the New Testament:
Jeremiah
Isaiah
Ezekiel
Elijah
“Lord looks at the heart” is contrasted with:
God’s plan
Man’s heart
Man looks at the outward appearance
The world’s wisdom
“I am who am” refers to:
Adonai
Yahweh
Elohim
Jehovah
The oldest source:
Priestly
Yahwist
Elohist
Deuteronomist
Recurring phrase in Deuteronomy and historical books:
“God is love”
“The Lord is my shepherd”
“With all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind”
“Fear not, for I am with you”
First creation story source:
Yahwist
Elohist
Priestly
Deuteronomist
Most common name for God in Old Testament:
Adonai
Elohim
Yahweh
El Shaddai
Belief in many gods but worship of only one:
Polytheism
Monotheism
Henotheism
Pantheism
Names by which Jews referred to God:
El Shaddai, Eloah, Shalom
Yahweh, Adonai, and Elohim
Jehovah, Jesus, Yahweh
Father, Son, Spirit
David’s response to killing Saul in the cave:
He killed him
He ran away
He would not because Saul was the Lord’s anointed
He imprisoned him
Leah’s maid and wife to Jacob:
Bilhah
Rachel
Rebekah
Zilpah
"Exalted ancestor":
Moses
Abraham
Jacob
Isaac
“Second canon” word:
Apocrypha
Torah
Deuterocanonical
Mishnah
Moses’ first encounter with God:
(a)
Greek word for first 5 books of Old Testament:
Torah
Ktuvim
Pentateuch
Scrolls
Isaac’s wife:
Rachel
Rebecca
Leah
Hagar
Hebrew word for “writings”:
Torah
Neviim
Ktuvim
Mishnah
Old scrolls found in caves:
Septuagint
Samaritan Scrolls
Dead Sea Scrolls
Masoretic Text
Moses fled after:
Being banished
Plague
He killed an Egyptian
Israelites rebelled
Editor of the Pentateuch:
Yahwist
Elohist
Priestly
Deuteronomist
Greek translation of the Bible:
Vulgate
Masoretic
Septuagint
Woman David got pregnant:
Abigail
Michal
Bathsheba
Tamar
Hebrew word for “prophet”:
Torah
Ktuvim
Neviim
Navi
Portable shrine with the Law tablets:
Tabernacle
Tent of Meeting
Ark of the Covenant
Holy of Holies
Foreign rule related to Joseph stories:
Philistines
Babylonians
Hyksos
Assyrians
“Land flowing with milk and honey”:
Egypt
Ur
Canaan
Midian
Sacred agreement between people:
Blessing
Law
Covenant
Ritual
12 tribes of Israel are named after sons of:
Moses
Jacob
David
Abraham
Abraham leaves Haran for:
Ur
Egypt
Canaan
Babylon
David’s hometown:
Hebron
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Nazareth
Most important covenant, given at Mt. Sinai:
Noahic covenant
The Sinai covenant
Abrahamic covenant
Davidic covenant
Books where Ten Commandments appear:
Genesis and Exodus
Exodus and Deuteronomy
Leviticus and Numbers
Joshua and Judges
His name was changed to Israel:
Esau
Jacob
Isaac
Joseph
Books of the Pentateuch:
Genesis, Exodus, Psalms, Numbers, Isaiah
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
Genesis, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings
Genesis, Ruth, Job, Daniel, Proverbs
71. Bet Av refers to:
Tribal council
Worship center
An Israelite home of extended family
Promised land
Prophets who resisted God’s call:
(a)
Source where God appears human-like:
Priestly
Yahwist
Elohist
Deuteronomist
Song credit to David:
Hundreds
Tens of thousands
Dozens
Thousands
Who controlled physical elements:
Elijah
Pharaoh
Moses
God
Books in Hebrew Scriptures:
73
66
39
70
Joseph’s first master:
Pharaoh
Jethro
Potiphar
Laban
"Ancestor of a multitude":
Isaac
Jacob
Abraham
Esau
What did Elijah do to Baal worshippers:
Killed them
Converted them
Mocked them
Body of water Israelites passed through:
Jordan River
Red Sea
Sea of Galilee
Dead Sea
Greek for “five books”:
Torah
Pentateuch
Septuagint
Ktuvim
Moses led war against Egyptians
True
False
Prophet formula begins with:
“It is written”
“Fear not”
“Thus says the Lord”
“Truly I tell you”
The younger twin:
Esau
Jacob
Joseph
Benjamin
Element surrounding earth:
Fire
Water
Air
Dust
Night before leaving Egypt meal:
Unleavened bread
Bitter herbs
Both
Lamb only
Nazirite vow included:
(a)
Babylonian king during Exile:
Cyrus
Xerxes
Nebuchadnezzar
Artaxerxes
Head of a large family tribe:
Elder
Levite
Patriarch
Judge
Abraham and Sarah fled famine to:
Babylon
Canaan
Egypt
Midian
Who confronted David about Bathsheba:
Gad
Samuel
Nathan the prophet
Solomon
Moses’ name means:
Drawn from water
Son of
Both
None
Where was David when Jesse presented sons:
At home
In the city
Tending the sheep
In the temple
Birth stories indicate:
Judgment is coming
A curse
Someone important is being born
