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Getting the Biblical Job! Trivia Quiz

The Old Testament's "Book of Job" is a story about having it all; losing it all and what the neighbors think. It's about the limits of human judgment. All the included Biblical quotes are from the King James Bible, Version 2000

A multiple-choice quiz by bubbuh. Estimated time: 5 mins.

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bubbuh

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5 mins

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369,135

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. Why does Satan attack Job and his family? Hint

Job brags about his good fortune.

God brags about Job's character.

Job and his retinue drive Satan's followers out of the land.

Job's good example cramps Satan's recruiting efforts.

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Question 2 of 10

2. What does Satan first do to change Job's attitude toward God? Hint

Tempts Job's children to strip their father of his wealth and position, leaving him penniless and friendless except for a single old servant.

Directs events so that natural disasters, war and banditry strip Job of his wealth and his children.

Creates evidence that Job is secretly worships Satan and has Zophar present it to the priests.

Sets nine plagues on Job's household and lands, decimating all Job has.

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Question 3 of 10

3. How do Job's friends react to the destruction of Job's family and fortunes? Hint

His friends tell Job he brought his misfortunes on himself and, quite possibly, deserves worse.

Bildad and Zophar comfort Job while he mourns for his children and offer him a place in their households. Eliphaz, however, avoids Job and his wife.

Bildad and Zophar bring their servants to help Job bury the dead and rebuild after the friends chase down the marauders responsible for so much of Job's misfortune.

Eliphaz offers to use his influence with Pharoah to get justice for Job and to help Job reestablish himself while Bildad and Zophar silently console Job.

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Question 4 of 10

4. Reacting to the complete and abrupt desolation of his life, what does Job's wife suggest Job do? Hint

Accept the help of his tribe to rebuild with better fortifications.

Pack up what Job has left and move to a safer land.

Hire mercenaries to go after the bandits and make war on his enemies.

Blame God and commit suicide.

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Question 5 of 10

5. After the death of Job's children and servants, how does Satan make life even worse for Job? Hint

Has Job's wife run off with Zaphod, a wealthy nomad with many herds.

Visits Job secretly every day, offering to return Job's wealth and children if Job will renounce God.

Has Job accused of murdering his family and thrown into prison to await trial.

Gives Job a disfiguring and painful chronic disease.

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Question 6 of 10

6. How does Job convince others that he is not to blame for his misfortunes? Hint

Job tries hard, but his efforts are unsuccessful.

Job successfully argues his virtue with God.

Job arranges for Bildad to secretly observe Satan when he comes to tempt Job.

Job petitions God to provide a very public heavenly sign, proclaiming Job's innocence.

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Question 7 of 10

7. To what genre of Old Testament books does "The Book of Job" belong? Hint

"Job" produces more questions with each answer it provides. It's part of the OT's Wisdom Genre.

"Job" lays down the law about total deference to God's will. It's part of the OT's Law Genre.

"Job" is a story. It must belong to the OT's Narrative Genre.

"Job" contains several poems and other artsy things. It belongs to the OT's Song and Poetry Genre.

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Question 8 of 10

8. Other than a return to the way things were, what does Job most desire? Hint

He wants justice.

He wants to discuss his terrible situation with God.

He wants others to suffer the way he has suffered.

He wants a skin cream that really works.

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Question 9 of 10

9. How does God appear to Job and his friends? Hint

God appears as a tall flame.

God appears as a dust devil.

God doesn't appear.

God appears as a glowing face in the clouds.

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Question 10 of 10

10. In the end Job gets his talk with God. What does God decree must be done to resolve the situation? Hint

Job has to publicly confess his sins.

Job must be stoned to death.

Satan must restore Job's family and wealth.

Job must intercede with God for his friends.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Why does Satan attack Job and his family?

Answer: God brags about Job's character.

God tells Satan, Job is "a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil" (KJV, Job 1:8). Satan argues that Job is only good because God has blessed him, challenging God to find out how Job would act if he experienced the misfortunes most people know.

2. What does Satan first do to change Job's attitude toward God?

Answer: Directs events so that natural disasters, war and banditry strip Job of his wealth and his children.

After securing God's consent, Satan turns Job's life inside out very quickly. In short order, Job receives four messengers, each bearing news of disasters which totally wipe out his livestock, servants, property and children. (KJV, Job 1:14-1:19).

3. How do Job's friends react to the destruction of Job's family and fortunes?

Answer: His friends tell Job he brought his misfortunes on himself and, quite possibly, deserves worse.

The reaction of Job's friends to his misfortune is the heart of the story. After going through the forms of consolation while Job spends seven days mourning the death of his children and servants. Job's friends very pointedly argue that Job, or, perhaps, his children did something truly dreadful, precipitating all his misery (KJV, Job 4 - Job 27).

4. Reacting to the complete and abrupt desolation of his life, what does Job's wife suggest Job do?

Answer: Blame God and commit suicide.

"Curse God and die." (KJV, Job 2:9). Job's nameless wife sees their situation in very simple terms.

5. After the death of Job's children and servants, how does Satan make life even worse for Job?

Answer: Gives Job a disfiguring and painful chronic disease.

Satan gives Job the worst case of galloping eczema the world has ever seen. "So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown." (KJV, Job 2:7).

6. How does Job convince others that he is not to blame for his misfortunes?

Answer: Job tries hard, but his efforts are unsuccessful.

Everything Job says and does to convince others of his innocence is unsuccessful (Job 2 - Job 38). The bulk of "Job" is devoted to a discussion of Job's culpability for his ill fortune. Job and his friends go back and forth, Job proclaiming his innocence and his three friends asserting that he must have done something to incur God's disfavor.

7. To what genre of Old Testament books does "The Book of Job" belong?

Answer: "Job" produces more questions with each answer it provides. It's part of the OT's Wisdom Genre.

Whatever else the Bible is, it is a collection of varied books, a library. Biblical scholars typically classify the Old Testament books into between five and ten genres. A typical five genre breakdown: Narrative(history), Law, Wisdom(philosophy), Poetry(songs and poems) and Prophecy. Because "Job" primarily addresses basic questions about divine justice, the nature of innocence and the limits of human judgment, it's always placed in the Wisdom Genre, like the "Book of Ecclesiastes." Of course, there are quite a few sub-genres and many alternative genre breakdowns, depending on the religious beliefs and/or need for a thesis topic of the person doing the classification.

By the way, Wikipedia has a very nice little entry on the Wisdom Literature of various Middle Eastern religions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_literature

8. Other than a return to the way things were, what does Job most desire?

Answer: He wants to discuss his terrible situation with God.

Very respectfully if a little wordily, Job states that he would like to know why he is in this pickle. He would like a quiet conversation with God. (KJV, Job 23).

9. How does God appear to Job and his friends?

Answer: God appears as a dust devil.

"Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind..." (KJV 38:1)

10. In the end Job gets his talk with God. What does God decree must be done to resolve the situation?

Answer: Job must intercede with God for his friends.

God decrees that the virtuous Job should pray for his three friends because they sinned when they lectured him on the errors of his ways, thinking they knew God's purpose (KJV, Job 42:8). Job, of course, had absolute faith that he had no clue about God's purpose.

Source: Author bubbuh

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