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The Fiery Furnace Quiz

Test how well you remember the fiery furnace, from Daniel 3. Each question is answered directly from the passage, and the King James verse is shown with every answer. Complete the quiz to unlock a free 7-day prayer guide!

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  1. Where did Nebuchadnezzar set up the golden image?
    • In the temple at Jerusalem
    • By the river Euphrates
    • In the plain of Dura
    • In his palace garden
  2. How tall was the golden image?
    • Threescore cubits
    • Ten cubits
    • Seven cubits
    • A hundred cubits
  3. What was the signal for everyone to fall down and worship?
    • The ringing of a bell
    • The sound of the cornet, flute, harp and all kinds of musick
    • The king raising his sceptre
    • The lighting of the furnace
  4. Who accused Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego to the king?
    • Daniel
    • The princes of Persia
    • The soldiers of the army
    • Certain Chaldeans
  5. What did the three men say their God was able to do?
    • Make the king fall asleep
    • Deliver them from the burning fiery furnace
    • Destroy the golden image
    • Send rain on the fire
  6. What words begin the three men's promise that they still would not bow?
    • Let it be so
    • We shall see
    • Have mercy, O king
    • But if not
  7. How much hotter did the king order the furnace heated?
    • Seven times more
    • Twice as hot
    • Ten times more
    • Three times more
  8. What happened to the men who threw the three into the furnace?
    • They were promoted
    • They ran away
    • The flame of the fire slew them
    • They fell down and worshipped
  9. How many men did the king see walking in the fire?
    • Three
    • Two
    • Seven
    • Four
  10. What did the king do for the three men afterward?
    • Sent them back to Jerusalem
    • Promoted them in the province of Babylon
    • Made them his sons
    • Gave them the golden image

The Fiery Furnace Quiz Answers & Bible References

Every answer below, with the King James Bible verse it comes from — so you can look up each one for yourself.

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  1. Where did Nebuchadnezzar set up the golden image?

    In the plain of Dura

    Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

    daniel 3:1 (KJV)

  2. How tall was the golden image?

    Threescore cubits

    Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

    daniel 3:1 (KJV)

  3. What was the signal for everyone to fall down and worship?

    The sound of the cornet, flute, harp and all kinds of musick

    That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:

    daniel 3:5 (KJV)

  4. Who accused Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego to the king?

    Certain Chaldeans

    Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.

    daniel 3:8 (KJV)

  5. What did the three men say their God was able to do?

    Deliver them from the burning fiery furnace

    If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.

    daniel 3:17 (KJV)

  6. What words begin the three men's promise that they still would not bow?

    But if not

    But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

    daniel 3:18 (KJV)

  7. How much hotter did the king order the furnace heated?

    Seven times more

    Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

    daniel 3:19 (KJV)

  8. What happened to the men who threw the three into the furnace?

    The flame of the fire slew them

    Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.

    daniel 3:22 (KJV)

  9. How many men did the king see walking in the fire?

    Four

    He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

    daniel 3:25 (KJV)

  10. What did the king do for the three men afterward?

    Promoted them in the province of Babylon

    Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.

    daniel 3:30 (KJV)