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Esther (Part Two) Quiz

Test how well you followed the second half of Esther's story, from the golden sceptre to the feast of Purim. Each question can be answered from Esther chapters 5 through 9. Complete the quiz to unlock a free 7-day prayer guide!

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  1. When Esther stood in the inner court, what did the king hold out to her?
    • The golden scepter
    • His signet ring
    • A cup of wine
    • His royal crown
  2. Why was Haman filled with fury as he left the first banquet?
    • Mordecai would not rise or tremble before him at the king's gate
    • The king had refused to see him
    • Esther had insulted him at the table
    • He had lost his position in the palace
  3. How high was the gallows Haman built, intending to hang Mordecai on it?
    • Fifty cubits
    • Seventy cubits
    • Twenty cubits
    • Thirty cubits
  4. What did the king do on the night he could not sleep?
    • He had the book of records of the chronicles read before him
    • He called for music and wine
    • He summoned Esther to the throne room
    • He walked alone in the palace garden
  5. What did the chronicles reveal about Mordecai?
    • He had exposed a plot to kill the king but was never honored for it
    • He was secretly related to Queen Esther
    • He had refused to bow to the king
    • He had led an army for Persia
  6. Who was forced to lead Mordecai through the city in royal honor?
    • Haman
    • Harbonah the chamberlain
    • Zeresh his wife
    • The king's scribes
  7. Whom did Esther name as the enemy who plotted against her people?
    • Haman
    • Zeresh
    • Bigthana
    • Mordecai
  8. On what gallows was Haman finally hanged?
    • The gallows he had prepared for Mordecai
    • A new gallows built in the city square
    • The gallows meant for the king's chamberlains
    • A gallows at the palace gate
  9. Since the first decree could not be revoked, what did the second decree allow?
    • The Jews to gather and defend themselves against those who attacked them
    • The Jews to leave Persia freely
    • Haman's family to be pardoned
    • The king's officers to protect only Shushan
  10. What yearly feast did Mordecai and Esther establish to remember the deliverance?
    • Purim
    • Passover
    • The Feast of Tabernacles
    • The Feast of Weeks

Esther (Part Two) 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. When Esther stood in the inner court, what did the king hold out to her?

    The golden scepter

    And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.

    esther 5:2 (KJV)

  2. Why was Haman filled with fury as he left the first banquet?

    Mordecai would not rise or tremble before him at the king's gate

    Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.

    esther 5:9 (KJV)

  3. How high was the gallows Haman built, intending to hang Mordecai on it?

    Fifty cubits

    Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

    esther 5:14 (KJV)

  4. What did the king do on the night he could not sleep?

    He had the book of records of the chronicles read before him

    On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

    esther 6:1 (KJV)

  5. What did the chronicles reveal about Mordecai?

    He had exposed a plot to kill the king but was never honored for it

    And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.

    esther 6:3 (KJV)

  6. Who was forced to lead Mordecai through the city in royal honor?

    Haman

    Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

    esther 6:11 (KJV)

  7. Whom did Esther name as the enemy who plotted against her people?

    Haman

    And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

    esther 7:6 (KJV)

  8. On what gallows was Haman finally hanged?

    The gallows he had prepared for Mordecai

    So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

    esther 7:10 (KJV)

  9. Since the first decree could not be revoked, what did the second decree allow?

    The Jews to gather and defend themselves against those who attacked them

    Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

    esther 8:11 (KJV)

  10. What yearly feast did Mordecai and Esther establish to remember the deliverance?

    Purim

    Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,

    esther 9:26 (KJV)