Genesis 1 Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A study chart needs an entry for the fourth day. Which list correctly completes it?
Dry land, seas, and vegetation
Sea creatures, birds, and a blessing to multiply
The greater light, the lesser light, and the stars
Livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and humankind
2. A summary says humanity is told only to observe the created world. Which detail shows that summary is incomplete?
Humanity is told to name day and night
Humanity is told to separate the waters above from the waters below
Humanity is told to be fruitful, fill the earth, subdue it, and exercise dominion over living creatures
Humanity is told to gather the seas into one place
3. According to the opening verse of Genesis 1, what does God create?
Human beings and animals
Light and darkness
The seas and dry land
The heavens and the earth
4. What do the creation of land animals and the creation of human beings have in common in the chapter’s timeline?
Both occur before vegetation appears
Both occur on the sixth day
Both occur before the heavenly lights are made
Both occur on the fifth day
5. Which statement best captures what Genesis 1 says about humanity’s distinctive identity?
Humanity is made in the image of God
Humanity is described as one kind of sea creature
Humanity is made to govern only the vegetation
Humanity is identified with the greater light
6. On which day do dry land and the gathered seas receive their names?
The first day
The second day
The fourth day
The third day
7. What is the first command spoken by God in the chapter?
Let the waters be gathered together
Let us make humankind in our image
Let the earth bring forth vegetation
Let there be light
8. A student builds a timeline of the chapter. Which event must be placed before the appearance of the sun, moon, and stars?
The creation of human beings
The appearance and separation of light
The creation of birds and sea creatures
The creation of land animals
9. Which comparison between the first and fourth days best matches the chapter?
Day one separates light from darkness, while day four assigns lights to govern day and night
Day one introduces plants, while day four introduces animals
Day one names the sky, while day four names the land
Day one creates the seas, while day four fills them with life
10. Which sequence follows the order presented in Genesis 1?
Land animals, birds, sea creatures, humankind
Birds and sea creatures, then land animals and humankind
Humankind, vegetation, birds, land animals
Vegetation, humankind, heavenly lights, sea creatures
11. At the end of the sixth day, how does God assess everything that has been made?
It is very good
It is useful but incomplete
It is good except for the land
It is unfinished
12. A teacher asks students to group cattle or livestock, wild animals, and creatures that move along the ground. Where do all three belong?
Among the creatures of the fifth day
Among the forms of vegetation on the third day
Among the land creatures of the sixth day
Among the signs placed in the heavens on the fourth day
13. Which action is associated with the second day?
Separating light from darkness
Making an expanse to separate waters
Gathering the seas so dry land appears
Creating birds to fly above the earth
14. What else appears on the same day as the dry land?
Livestock and wild animals
Birds and sea creatures
The greater and lesser lights
Seed-bearing plants and fruit trees
15. Based on the food assigned to humanity in Genesis 1, which menu most closely matches the stated provision?
Fish and birds
Livestock and wild game
Seed-bearing plants and fruit from trees
Only plants growing in the sea
16. A reader mistakenly places birds on the sixth day. Which correction follows Genesis 1?
Birds appear with sea creatures on the fifth day
Birds appear with vegetation on the third day
Birds appear with the heavenly lights on the fourth day
Birds appear before the expanse on the first day