CST Quizzes
How long did it take for Solomon to build his house and the house of the Lord?
20 years
How many poems comprise Lamentations?
5
How many fingers and toes did the giants have on each hand/foot?
6 on each
What does Jeremiah break to demonstrate the infidelity of the people of Judah to God?
A Flask
What sign does the Lord give to Ahaz?
A Virgin will conceive and bear a son
How does the father describe wisdom to his son?
A beautiful woman
How did Asa die?
A disease in his feet
To what does Job compare man's life?
A flower that withers
What happens to Job's children?
A house falls in on them
What did Jeremiah hide at the Euphrates River in the cleft of a rock?
A loincloth
How is folly personified in Proverbs 9?
A loud prostitute with stolen bread and water
What is Ezra?
A priest
From where is God speaking to Job?
A whirlwind
Who was placed in one of Zechariah's visions?
A woman
What does he conclude about working hard throughout life?
Acknowledgement of despair with a resolution to enjoy common life and toil, knowing that it ends with death
With whom does Jehoshaphat ally?
Ahab
Why is Edom being cut off?
Because of the violence done to Jacob
Why do the people repent after Jonah prophesies to them?
Because their king repents
Which of the names below is NOT one of the Hebrew names for our four Israelites at the center of this story?
Belteshazzar
Where is the ruler prophesied to come from?
Bethlehem
What kind of man is Job?
BlamelessFeared GodTurned away from evil
What kind of plague does the Lord bring in Jehoram's day?
Bowel disease
What do Nehemiah's opponents NOT do to attempt to stop the building project?
Bribe the people to revolt against Nehemiah
What is Cyrus charged to do?
Build God a house at Jerusalem
What is Ezekiel symbolizing when he digs a hole in the wall of the city and carries his luggage out of its perimeter?
Captivity of Jerusalem
God appears on the banks of what river in the first chapter of Ezekiel?
Chebar
Which of the predatory acts mentioned below did not happen to Israel as a result of the destruction?
Children were kidnapped as slaves to Babylon
What is Job's response to God after hearing his reply to his complaints?
Closes his mouth
What king reluctantly threw Daniel into the lion's den?
Darius
What ruler actually investigates Judah's claim of innocence concerning possible political rebellion?
Darius
When Persian king chronologically orients the book of Haggai?
Darius
How is the building of the temple different in chronicles?
David gathers all of the temple material
What coming day is like a burning oven?
Day of the Lord
What are thrown everywhere on the coming day of bitter mourning?
Dead bodies
In chapter 9, what is the event that happens to everyone?
Death
What does the woman say love is as strong as?
Death
What is to be swallowed up forever?
Death
What does Micah state the God has told covenant people how to please him ("what is good...")?
Do justice, love mercy, walk humbly with God
How did Ezekiel's great army begin in ch. 37?
Dry bones
From where are all and to where will all return?
Dust
To whom does Obadiah prophesy?
Edom
Who saves the Jewish people from this certain demise?
Esther
What has God put into man's heart?
Eternity
Where is the story of Esther set?
Exilic Persia
Who dies that represents God's profanation of Israel's sanctuary? (Hint: painful personal death for Ezekiel)
Ezekiel's wife
Who brings and reads the Torah to the people as a celebration of the wall's completion?
Ezra
What do the righteous live by Habakkuuk?
Faith
In these chapters, what does God compare Israel to in Ezekiel?
Faithless bride
What is the functioning relationship that governs Proverbs 1-9?
Father, Mother, and Son
What is the father's advice in light of a world plagued by injustice, pain, and death?
Fear God and keep his commandments
What came down from heaven when Solomon finished his prayer?
Fire
What heroic act does Mordechai do on behalf of the king early in the story?
Foils an assassination attempt
For whom or what does God state he will bring Israel back into the land?
For God's name
Though someone has taken away his right, Job will still speak in chapter 26. Who took away his right?
God
What does Job say is the cause of his misfortune?
God
Who destroys Jerusalem, according to Lamentations?
God
Who does Cyrus proclaim has given him all the kingdoms of the earth?
God
Who speaks to Job in chapters 38-41?
God
What comes back to the temple in ch. 43 of Ezekiel?
God's presence
What is the false idea that both Job and his friends believe, which drives them in the book?
Good people always receive good things; bad people always get justice from God
What does Micah say about God's anger?
He does not retain His anger forever
Why does Haman want to exterminate the Jewish population in the Persian empire?
He feels disrespected by Mordecai
How is Mordechai actually related to Esther?
He is her cousin
What happens to Jonah because of his refusal to go to the place he is supposed to go?
He is swallowed by a great fish
How is the Chronicler's depiction of Saul different than the Deuteronomist?
He only gives Saul 14 verses
What are the distinctions concerning bringing the Ark of the Covenant to the temple?
He provides an elongated narrative
Why did Jeremiah object to God's call to prophetic ministry?
He was just a youth
What was Nehemiah's job?
He was the wine taster for the king
What does Satan think will happen when Job's blessings cease?
He will curse God
What does God promise to pour our onto all types of people?
His Spirit
What does Job say was taken from him along with his glory?
His crown
What is taken away from Isaiah when the hot coal is touched to his lips in the vision of the Lord and the seraphim?
His guilt
What does Job feel has no hope?
His life
What animal/s did Zechariah see in his first vision?
Horses
What does Hosea's relationship with Gomer represent?
How the children of Israel have been unfaithful to God but that He will still redeem them
Which option below is the other competing voice with the father's voice?
Illicit sexuality
Soon after Ezra arrives in Jerusalem he hears of a particular sin that is reminiscent of how Judah behaved prior to exile. It sent him into despair. What was the sin?
Intermarriage with surrounding people
To what Nation does Amos prophesy?
Israel
What happens to Jerusalem at the beginning of ch. 39?
It Falls
What happens to the vineyard that yields wild grapes?
It is destroyed
In Malachi, what Old Testament character does God state that he loves? Which does he hate?
Jacob/Esau
What happens to Jeremiah's Scroll?
Jehoiakim burns them
Which of the options below is a proper theory concerning the authorship of Lamentations?
Jeremiah
Who was at war with Abijah?
Jeroboam
What city would one day be called the "Throne of the Lord" and gather all nations to it?
Jerusalem
Who is the "oppressing city" in Zephaniah?
Jerusalem
Who is being talked about as having "an appearance so marred, beyond human semblance"?
Jesus
What are Hosea's children named?
Jezreel No Mercy Not my people
Who repairs the Temple is chapter 24?
Joash
What does Eliphaz blame Job's misfortune on?
Job's great wickedness
What significant figure was cleaned up before God in Zechariah?
Joshua the High Priest
Who was king of Judah at the beginning of Jeremiah's ministry?
Josiah
What does the Lord promise to turn mourning into?
Joy
To whom did Zechariah prophesy?
Judah
To whom does Haggai prophesy?
Judah
To whom does Micah prophesy?
Judah
To whom does Zephaniah prophesy?
Judah
Where does Habakkuk prophesy?
Judah
While using creation language, what is God really intending to destroy?
Judah and Jerusalem
What animal ate the grass in Amos' vision in ch 7?
Locust
Which of the answers below is NOT one of the desperate acts Israel resorted to during the siege of Jerusalem?
Mass suicide
What king threw Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego into the fiery furnace?
Nebuchadnezzar
Who besieged Jerusalem?
Nebuchadnezzar
Because of the violence done to Jacob
Nineveh
To whom does Nahum prophesy?
Nineveh
At the end of the book, is there hope for Nineveh?
No
Does Nahum have more good news for Nineveh (like Jonah)?
No
How does Nehemiah instruct the people to work on the wall?
Non-stop with weapons in hand
What are the two women's names to which Ezekiel compares Judah and Israel?
Oholah
Over what unappealing fuel does Ezekiel have to bake his bread?
Poop
How does the book describe the speaker, receptor, voice of the book in 1:1?
Preacher, Son of David, King in Jerusalem
How does Ezra begin?
Proclamation of Cyrus
What group of people are found to be liars to Judah?
Prophets
Which of the below answers does NOT describe Jerusalem in chapter 1?
Queen
Who became king after the death of Solomon?
Rehoboam
What does Bildad suggest Job do?
Repent
What is God's purpose for this assault in chapter 2?
Restoration of the majesty of Israel
In chronicles, who incites David to take a census?
Satan incites David to take a census
What is repeated in ch. 5 of Amos?
Seek the Lord and live
What is the genre of the book?
Series of love poems
What is unique about Hosea's wife, Gomer?
She is a prostitute
Which Queen came to ask Solomon hard questions?
Sheba
Who led the first group of returnees and what are they returning to do?
Shesbazzar and build the temple
What do the indigenous folks do when Shesbazzar and company refuse to allow them to help rebuild the temple?
Stop them from rebuilding by writing a letter to Xerxes
What building is the object of Ezekiel's vision that comprises chapters 43-48?
Temple
Where is Jeremiah preaching from when he blisters Judah with the following diatribe? "Will you go on doing these things and then come and stand in this place and say we are delivered?"
Temple
What is Hosea's plea at the end of the book?
That the children of Israel return to the Lord
What gate should be kept shut until the Lord enters it?
The East gate
In whom does Habakkuk rejoice in his final song/prayer?
The Lord
What happens to Jeremiah after the Jerusalem incident?
The Lord delivers him
What happened as the angel was about to destroy Jerusalem?
The Lord relented
What historical period does the book of Job seem to reflect?
The Patriarchal Period
Whom below in Judah does Zephaniah NOT condemn?
The Poor
Whose house did Jeremiah go to for instruction on the frail nature of Judah?
The Potter's House
Who is offering polluted food to God?
The Priests
Who were the people who obeyed their father after he told them not to drink wine, build houses, or sow seeds - but to live in tents all their days?
The Rechabites
What caused Asa's Religious Reforms?
The Spirit of God told Asa that that the Lord will be with them as long as they seek Him and that He will forsake them if they forsake Him.
What does Haggai encourage the returnees to Judah to rebuild?
The Temple
Which of the answers below is NOT one of the kingdoms mentioned in Daniel?
The United States
What does Solomon say is the beginning of knowledge?
The fear of the Lord
What does Israel exchange for a pair of shoes?
The needy/righteous
Who are the repentant and pious in Jonah?
The non-Israelites
What did Nehemiah go back to build?
The wall of Jerusalem
What will be emptied and desolate?
The whole earth
Why did the trio get thrown into the fiery furnace?
They refused to bow down before the image of gold set up by the king
What are the three choices God offered to David?
Three years of FamineThree months of devastation by their foes while the sword of their enemies overtakes themThree days of the sword of the Lord, pestilence on the land, with the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the territory of Israel.
What is Hosea instructed to do for his wife?
To redeem her
What does Eliphaz say Job withheld from the weary?
Water
What flows from the holy of holies and grows to oceanic proportion the further it flows from the Temple?
Water
What did the woman's brothers make the woman do because they were angry with her?
What did the woman's brothers make the woman do because they were angry with her?
What does Solomon pray for?
Wisdom
Who seems to be beside God during creation, according to Proverbs 8?
Woman Wisdom
Who is the king throughout the book?
Xerxes
Which of the below humorous sayings is NOT one of the writer's pick up lines in Song of Songs?
Your lips are like a bottle of wine
Who does Jeremiah warned multiple times about the events to come?
Zedekiah
Which of the names below do NOT belong to one of Job's friends?
Zephard
At what mountain will the Lord reign over them?
Zion
