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10 Easy Questions about Queen Esther

This quiz is to see how much you know about Queen Esther from the Bible.

A multiple-choice quiz by cdstid. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
cdstid

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
288,208

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
2499

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Was Esther an orphan?

Yes

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was Esther's cousin's name? Hint

Joel

Memucan

Mordecai

Hosea

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was Esther also known as? Hint

Madria

Ruth

Hadassah

Rebecka

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was the name of the queen whom the king had gotten rid of? Hint

Vashti

Joanna

Jezebel

Shiva

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the Hebrew name of the king given in this book? Hint

Nebuchadnezzar

Cyrus

Ahab

Ahasuerus

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Question 6 of 10

6. What was the one of the criteria for selecting the women whom the king would choose from? Hint

They must have pretty clothes

They must be Persian

They must be beautiful

They must be wealthy

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Question 7 of 10

7. What did Mordecai tell Esther not to do? Hint

Tell anyone she was an orphan

Tell anyone she couldn't dance

Tell anyone she didn't like the king

Tell anyone she was Jewish

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Question 8 of 10

8. What did Mordecai discover and then tell Esther about? Hint

That the food at court had spoiled

A conspiracy to kill the king

That her parents were still alive

A plot to kill Esther

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was the name of the man who wanted all the Jews killed? Hint

Naman

Amos

Zeresh

Haman

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Question 10 of 10

10. How did the Jews survive? Hint

Mordecai created an army

The Persians all got sick and couldn't kill them

They all escaped from Persia

Esther interceded for them

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Was Esther an orphan?

Answer: Yes

She was taken in by her cousin, who treated her like his own daughter (Ch.2 v.7).

2. What was Esther's cousin's name?

Answer: Mordecai

Mordecai was the name of Esther's cousin. Mordecai was of the tribe of Benjamin and had been carried into exile by King Nebuchadnezzar (Ch.2 v.5-6).

3. What was Esther also known as?

Answer: Hadassah

Hadassah is the Hebrew name for Esther. The name Esther is Persian. (Ch.2 v.7 )

4. What was the name of the queen whom the king had gotten rid of?

Answer: Vashti

Because Queen Vashti would not appear when the king asked her to, he decreed that she was never to enter his presence again (Ch. 1 v.19-21).

5. What is the Hebrew name of the king given in this book?

Answer: Ahasuerus

Ahasuerus was the Hebrew name of the King of Persia (Ch.1 v.1). Many believe this to be the same king whose Persian name was Xerxes, and whose father was Darius I.

6. What was the one of the criteria for selecting the women whom the king would choose from?

Answer: They must be beautiful

They also had to be young and be virgins (Ch.2 v.2).

7. What did Mordecai tell Esther not to do?

Answer: Tell anyone she was Jewish

Mordecai forbade Esther to tell anyone of her nationality or family background (Ch. 2 v.10). He probably did this to protect her since they were foreigners in Persia.

8. What did Mordecai discover and then tell Esther about?

Answer: A conspiracy to kill the king

Mordecai overheard a plot to kill the king. He told Esther, who in turn told the king, and the plot was foiled (Ch.2 v.21-23)

9. What was the name of the man who wanted all the Jews killed?

Answer: Haman

Mordecai would not bow down to Haman, and so Haman plotted to kill all of his people, the Jews (Ch.3 v.5-6).

10. How did the Jews survive?

Answer: Esther interceded for them

Esther interceded for the Jews, before the king, at the risk of her own life (Ch.4 v.16 and Ch.7 v.3-4).
The king then hanged Haman on the gallows which Haman had intended for Mordecai (Ch.7 v.9-10).
Then the king issued another decree saying that all the Jews could fight back against their attackers (Ch.8 v.11).

Source: Author cdstid

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