Esther Quiz
Test what you remember from the beginning of Esther's story, Esther chapters 1 through 4. Each question comes straight from the King James Version account. Complete the quiz to unlock a free 7-day prayer guide!
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- Which queen refused to come when King Ahasuerus commanded her to appear before his guests?
- Vashti
- Esther
- Zeresh
- Bigtha
- What did the king decree about Vashti after she refused him?
- She would come no more before the king, and her place given to another
- She was forgiven and restored to her throne
- She was sent to rule a distant province
- She was made chief over the other women
- Who raised Esther after her father and mother had died?
- Mordecai, her cousin
- Haman, a Persian prince
- Hegai, the king's officer
- Her uncle Kish
- What did Esther keep hidden while living in the palace?
- Her people and her kindred, that she was Jewish
- That she could not read Persian
- That she was already promised in marriage
- That she was related to Vashti
- What happened after the king met Esther?
- He set the royal crown on her and made her queen instead of Vashti
- He sent her home with gifts
- He made her a servant in the palace
- He delayed his choice for another year
- What did Mordecai discover while sitting at the king's gate?
- A plot by two of the king's chamberlains to kill the king
- A theft from the royal treasury
- A famine coming upon the land
- A rebellion in a distant province
- Why did Haman become full of wrath?
- Mordecai would not bow to him or show him reverence
- Mordecai insulted the king in public
- Mordecai took Haman's seat of honor
- Esther refused to receive him
- Because of his anger at Mordecai, what did Haman set out to do?
- Destroy all the Jews throughout the kingdom
- Have Mordecai removed from the king's gate
- Seize all of Mordecai's property
- Banish Esther from the palace
- How did Mordecai respond when he learned of the decree against the Jews?
- He tore his clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes, crying bitterly
- He fled the city that night
- He went to argue directly with Haman
- He gathered an army to resist
- What did Esther finally resolve to do, though it was against the law?
- Go in to the king unbidden, saying 'if I perish, I perish'
- Leave the palace secretly at night
- Send Mordecai to speak for her instead
- Wait quietly until the king summoned her
Esther Quiz Answers & Bible References
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Which queen refused to come when King Ahasuerus commanded her to appear before his guests?
Vashti
To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on. But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
esther 1:11-12 (KJV) -
What did the king decree about Vashti after she refused him?
She would come no more before the king, and her place given to another
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
esther 1:19 (KJV) -
Who raised Esther after her father and mother had died?
Mordecai, her cousin
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
esther 2:7 (KJV) -
What did Esther keep hidden while living in the palace?
Her people and her kindred, that she was Jewish
Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
esther 2:10 (KJV) -
What happened after the king met Esther?
He set the royal crown on her and made her queen instead of Vashti
And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
esther 2:17 (KJV) -
What did Mordecai discover while sitting at the king's gate?
A plot by two of the king's chamberlains to kill the king
In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name. And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
esther 2:21-23 (KJV) -
Why did Haman become full of wrath?
Mordecai would not bow to him or show him reverence
And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
esther 3:5 (KJV) -
Because of his anger at Mordecai, what did Haman set out to do?
Destroy all the Jews throughout the kingdom
And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
esther 3:6 (KJV) -
How did Mordecai respond when he learned of the decree against the Jews?
He tore his clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes, crying bitterly
When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
esther 4:1 (KJV) -
What did Esther finally resolve to do, though it was against the law?
Go in to the king unbidden, saying 'if I perish, I perish'
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
esther 4:16 (KJV)