Bible Quiz on Mark
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. After Jesus calms the storm, the disciples ask who he is because even the wind and sea obey him. What does this scene most directly emphasize within Mark’s narrative?
Jesus intends to end his ministry around Galilee
The disciples have mastered Jesus’ teaching about faith
Sea travel is safer than travel through Gentile territory
Jesus has authority over the forces of nature
2. When Bartimaeus hears that Jesus is calling him, what does he do before coming to Jesus?
He washes in a nearby pool
He asks the crowd to carry him forward on a mat
He throws off his cloak, springs up, and approaches
He returns home to bring an offering
3. A person receives Jesus’ message enthusiastically but abandons it when trouble arises. In the explanation of the parable of the sower, which soil best matches this response?
The rocky soil where the plant has no lasting root
The thorny soil that produces no mature crop
The good soil that multiplies the harvest
The path where birds take the seed
4. When a paralyzed man is lowered through a roof, which action by Jesus first leads some scribes to accuse him of blasphemy?
Touching the man despite purity customs
Healing the man on the Sabbath
Asking the crowd to leave the house
Telling the man that his sins are forgiven
5. After the man formerly possessed by many demons asks to accompany Jesus, what does Jesus tell him to do?
Join the Twelve and travel through Galilee
Go home and tell his people what the Lord has done for him
Remain silent until Jesus reaches Jerusalem
Present himself to the priests with an offering
6. Someone is focused only on ritual handwashing while ignoring harmful motives and actions. Which teaching from Mark 7 most directly challenges that focus?
Purity depends entirely on avoiding contact with crowds
All illness results from eating without washing
Only food eaten outside Galilee can cause defilement
Defilement comes from what proceeds from within a person
7. In Mark 1, what role does John the Baptist fulfill at the beginning of the story?
He serves as the high priest who questions Jesus in Jerusalem
He becomes the first leader of the twelve apostles
He prepares the way for Jesus by preaching repentance and baptizing people
He records Jesus’ teachings for the crowds in Galilee
8. In the parable of the vineyard tenants, the owner finally sends his beloved son, whom the tenants kill. Within its setting in Mark, whom does the son most clearly represent?
John the Baptist
One of the temple authorities
Jesus
A member of the Twelve
9. Which three disciples accompany Jesus when he is transfigured on the mountain?
Peter, James, and John
Peter, Andrew, and Matthew
James, John, and Bartholomew
Andrew, Philip, and Thomas
10. What were Simon and Andrew doing when Jesus called them to follow him?
Collecting taxes beside a road
Casting a net into the sea as fishermen
Teaching scripture in a synagogue
Repairing the roof of a crowded house
11. At Caesarea Philippi, who does Peter say Jesus is?
Elijah returned to confront Israel
John the Baptist raised from the dead
The Messiah
A scribe sent to reform the Pharisees
12. At the empty tomb, what message are the women instructed to give Jesus’ disciples and Peter?
Remain in Jerusalem until the temple is restored
Jesus is going ahead of them to Galilee, where they will see him
Travel to the wilderness where John baptized
Return to Bethany and wait at the house of Simon
13. In her exchange with Jesus, how does the Syrophoenician woman extend his image of children being fed first?
She says even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs
She says the children should prepare a separate table
She says the bread should be replaced with fish
She says the dogs must wait until the house is empty
14. A wealthy man asks Jesus what he still lacks after keeping the commandments. What specific challenge does Jesus give him?
Use his wealth to secure a position among the Twelve
Leave his wealth with his family and become a scribe
Offer half his possessions at the temple and return home
Sell what he owns, give to the poor, and follow Jesus
15. How many baskets of broken pieces remain after Jesus feeds the five thousand in Mark 6?
Twelve
Seven
Ten
Five
16. Mark interweaves the healing of a woman with the raising of Jairus’s daughter. What number links the two stories?
Seven: the girl’s age and the woman’s years of illness
Twelve: the girl’s age and the woman’s years of illness
Ten: the girl’s age and the woman’s years of illness
Forty: the girl’s age and the woman’s years of illness