GREAT LAKES BIBLE BOWL 2010

SENIOR DIVISION – JANUARY

 

Esther: Chapters 1-7

 

 

 

  1. Over how many provinces did Xerxes rule? (Esther 1:1)
    1. 135
    2. 127
    3. 84

 

  1. What special honor did Haman boast to his wife and friends about? (Esther 5:12)
    1. He had been given the king’s signet ring
    2. He was the only person invited to accompany the king to Esther’s banquet
    3. The king called him by his first name

 

  1. Why did the king give a great banquet, proclaim a holiday, and pass out gifts? (Esther 2:17, 18)
    1. To celebrate Esther becoming queen
    2. To celebrate his victory over the Jews
    3. To prove to the surrounding kings that he was the greatest

 

  1. What else did King Xerxes’ law permitting the killing of the Jews allow?

      (Esther 3:13)

    1. The Jews could hide
    2. The Jews could pay money so their lives would be spared
    3. Plundering of the belongings of the Jews would be allowed

 

  1. In what year of King Xerxes reign did he give a banquet for all his nobles and officials? (Esther 1:3)
    1. First year
    2. Third year
    3. Second year

 

  1. What was the reaction of the people of Susa to the new law that would allow all Jews to be killed? (Esther 3:15)
    1. They celebrated this chance to kill the Jews
    2. They were bewildered
    3. They were afraid because they wondered who would be killed next

 

 

 

  1. Who were Mehuman, Bigtha, Harbona, Biztha, Abagtha, Zethar and Carcas? (Esther 1:10)
    1. Eunuchs who served King Xerxes
    2. Eunuchs who served Queen Vashti
    3. Lawyers

 

  1. For what reasons did Haman call his friends, and his wife together after Esther’s first banquet? (Esther 5:10, 11)
    1. To boast about his wealth, sons and honors
    2. To share his plan for annihilating the Jews
    3. To plan a victory celebration

 

  1. What were the wise men afraid would happen when Queen Vashti’s conduct became known to all women? (Esther 1:17)
    1. Queen Vashti would try to take the throne
    2. Women would despise their husbands
    3. King Xerxes would look like a fool

 

  1. Fill in the blank…Esther qualified her request for mercy by saying if _____________ she would have kept quiet. (Esther 7:4)
    1. If Mordecai and she could be spared
    2. If Her people had been sold as slaves
    3. If Her people’s property had only been confiscated

 

  1. Why did Mordecai refuse to bow to Haman? (Esther 3:4)
    1. Because Haman was proud
    2. Because Mordecai was jealous
    3. Because Mordecai was a Jew

 

  1. Why did King Xerxes want the eunuchs to bring Queen Vashti to his banquet? (Esther 1:11)
    1. To display her crown
    2. To display her beauty
    3. To make the queen’s banquet end

 

  1. What limit was each girl given as she went to spend the night in the king’s palace? (Esther 2:13)
    1. Whatever her family could afford to pay
    2. Only one piece of jewelry
    3. No limits

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Why was Esther worried about approaching the king to beg for his mercy?

      (Esther 4:11)

    1. If someone approached the king without being summoned, he could be killed
    2. She was afraid people would say she was pushy
    3. She feared for Mordecai’s life

 

  1. What did Haman’s wife and advisers think that the kings’ honoring of Mordecai meant for Haman? (Esther 6:13)
    1. That Haman would surely come to ruin
    2. That Haman should flee the country
    3. That Haman should explain his side to the king

 

  1. How did Haman explain to King Xerxes that the Jews should all be killed? (Esther 3:8)
    1. He said they were a people who were disrespectful of King Xerxes
    2. He said they were a rude, obstinate, greedy people
    3. He said they were a people whose customs were different and who did not obey the king’s laws

 

  1. What does the scripture say about how King Xerxes demonstrated his liberality at the 7 day banquet he hosted? (Esther 1:7)
    1. The king invited all men, from the least to the greatest
    2. He gave each guest a new suit of clothes
    3. There was plenty of wine for each guest to drink in his own way

 

  1. How did the people learn about King Xerxes’ new laws or edict? (Esther 1:22)
    1. Laws were carved on stone pillars
    2. Dispatches were sent all over the kingdom in each person’s language
    3. Messengers shouted them from hilltops every day for 7 days

 

South Location

  1. When did King Xerxes find out that Mordecai had exposed an assassination plot? (Esther 6:1, 2)
    1. Several years later, on a night when the king couldn’t sleep
    2. The day after Mordecai exposed it
    3. After Haman was hanged

North Location

      19. Where did Queen Vashti hold her banquet? (Esther 1:9)

    1. In the women’s quarters of the palace
    2. In King Xerxes’ royal palace
    3. In the queen’s personal quarters

 

 

 

  1. In what year of the reign of King Xerxes did Haman hatch his plot against the Jews? (Esther 3:7)
    1. 10th year
    2. 12th year
    3. 20th year