Bible Quiz on Nehemiah
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Which group consists of three prominent opponents of Jerusalem’s rebuilding work?
Eliashib, Ezra, and Hanani
Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and Haggai
Artaxerxes, Cyrus, and Darius
Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem
2. Which action belongs to Nehemiah’s later reforms after he returned to Jerusalem?
He appointed Sanballat as administrator of the temple storerooms.
He encouraged merchants to sell at Jerusalem’s gates on the Sabbath.
He removed Tobiah’s belongings from a temple room and addressed Sabbath and intermarriage violations.
He ended support for the Levites so they could work as builders.
3. Who publicly read the Book of the Law to the assembled people?
Nehemiah
Ezra
Hanani
Eliashib
4. When the people wept as they heard the Law, what guidance did Nehemiah and the religious leaders give them?
They told the people to celebrate, share food, and find strength in the joy of the Lord.
They ordered the people to continue mourning until the wall was dedicated.
They dismissed the assembly because public emotion was forbidden.
They instructed everyone to return home and fast alone.
5. According to Nehemiah, how long did it take to complete Jerusalem’s wall?
Seven days
Forty days
Fifty-two days
Seventy years
6. A leader wants people to feel personally responsible for a shared restoration project. Which feature of Nehemiah’s approach most closely fits that goal?
Assigning every worker to one distant, unfamiliar section
Having many people repair sections near their own homes or communities
Leaving the work entirely to trained royal builders
Keeping the project secret from Jerusalem’s residents
7. Which request to Artaxerxes best shows that Nehemiah combined faith with practical planning?
He asked the king to command neighboring peoples to rebuild Jerusalem.
He requested authority to replace Jerusalem’s priests.
He requested safe-conduct letters and timber for the project.
He asked for permanent independence from the Persian Empire.
8. A teacher summarizes the community’s covenant commitments in Nehemiah 10. Which summary is most accurate?
They committed to honor Sabbath practices, avoid prohibited intermarriage, and support temple worship.
They agreed to abandon Jerusalem and form rural settlements.
They promised to establish a monarchy and end Persian rule.
They pledged to replace the Law of Moses with decrees from Persia.
9. After hearing that Jerusalem’s wall was broken down and its gates had been burned, what did Nehemiah initially do?
He immediately left Persia without royal permission.
He sent soldiers to arrest Jerusalem’s enemies.
He mourned, fasted, and prayed before God.
He asked Ezra to rebuild the wall in his place.
10. What internal injustice created a crisis among the people in Nehemiah 5?
Workers refused to share imported building materials.
Priests demanded control of every family’s farmland.
Foreign merchants prohibited Judeans from buying grain.
Poor Judeans faced debt, loss of property, and enslavement of family members.
11. What position did Nehemiah hold in the court of King Artaxerxes?
He was the governor of Samaria.
He was the commander of the royal guard.
He was the chief royal scribe.
He was the king’s cupbearer.
12. How did Nehemiah respond to the economic exploitation reported by his fellow Judeans?
He treated it as less important than finishing the wall.
He transferred all disputed property to the Persian king.
He told the poor to wait until the famine ended.
He confronted the nobles and called for restitution.
13. Shemaiah urged Nehemiah to hide inside the temple because of an alleged threat. Why did Nehemiah reject the advice?
He discerned that the proposal was intended to frighten and discredit him.
The temple had already been destroyed again.
The Persian king had prohibited anyone from entering the temple.
He believed all warnings about assassination were false.
14. Nehemiah’s enemies repeatedly invited him to meet in the plain of Ono. What did his response demonstrate?
He accepted because diplomacy always took priority over construction.
He recognized a likely trap and refused to abandon the work.
He postponed the meeting only because Ezra was absent.
He sent Jerusalem’s priests to negotiate a surrender.
15. Which observance did the people celebrate after finding its instructions in the Law?
The Festival of Booths, with people living in temporary shelters
Passover with the first temple’s original vessels
Purim, in response to deliverance from Haman
The Day of Pentecost, marked by speaking in other languages
16. When threats against the builders increased, how did Nehemiah organize the work?
He stopped all work until Persian troops arrived.
He combined construction with armed watchfulness.
He moved the entire population outside Jerusalem.
He allowed only priests to continue building.