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    Baruch Bible Quiz — Questions and Answers

    All 10 questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the King James Version reference. Use this page as a study guide, an answer key, or a quick review sheet.

    1. Q1.Whose son was Baruch?

      • A. Hilkiah
      • B. Neriah ✓
      • C. Shaphan
      • D. Jeremiah

      Answer: Neriah

      Jeremiah 36:4 (KJV) — 'Baruch the son of Neriah.'

      Read Jeremiah 36:4 (KJV)

    2. Q2.What was Baruch's office?

      • A. Priest
      • B. Scribe ✓
      • C. Prophet
      • D. Soldier

      Answer: Scribe

      Jeremiah 36:32 (KJV) — 'Baruch the scribe.'

      Read Jeremiah 36:32 (KJV)

    3. Q3.Whose words did Baruch write in the book?

      • A. David's
      • B. Jeremiah's
      • C. The LORD's via Jeremiah ✓
      • D. Hilkiah's

      Answer: The LORD's via Jeremiah

      Jeremiah 36:4 (KJV) — 'Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD.'

      Read Jeremiah 36:4 (KJV)

    4. Q4.Where was Baruch to read the roll?

      • A. In the king's house
      • B. In the LORD's house upon a fasting day ✓
      • C. In the gate of the city
      • D. In the wilderness

      Answer: In the LORD's house upon a fasting day

      Jeremiah 36:6 (KJV) — 'read in the roll... in the LORD's house upon the fasting day.'

      Read Jeremiah 36:6 (KJV)

    5. Q5.Which king cut and burned the roll?

      • A. Zedekiah
      • B. Jehoiakim ✓
      • C. Josiah
      • D. Jehoiachin

      Answer: Jehoiakim

      Jeremiah 36:23 (KJV) — Jehoiakim 'cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire.'

      Read Jeremiah 36:23 (KJV)

    6. Q6.With what tool was the roll cut?

      • A. A sword
      • B. A penknife ✓
      • C. Shears
      • D. A razor

      Answer: A penknife

      Jeremiah 36:23 (KJV).

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    7. Q7.What did Jeremiah do after the roll was burned?

      • A. Wept silently
      • B. Dictated another roll to Baruch ✓
      • C. Fled to Egypt
      • D. Cried in the streets

      Answer: Dictated another roll to Baruch

      Jeremiah 36:32 (KJV) — 'Jeremiah took another roll.'

      Read Jeremiah 36:32 (KJV)

    8. Q8.What did the LORD promise Baruch in chapter 45?

      • A. Riches
      • B. Thy life will I give thee for a prey ✓
      • C. A kingdom
      • D. Long days in Judah

      Answer: Thy life will I give thee for a prey

      Jeremiah 45:5 (KJV) — 'thy life will I give unto thee for a prey.'

      Read Jeremiah 45:5 (KJV)

    9. Q9.What had Baruch said in his sorrow?

      • A. I am forsaken
      • B. Woe is me now! the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow ✓
      • C. I will die
      • D. Let me return home

      Answer: Woe is me now! the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow

      Jeremiah 45:3 (KJV).

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    10. Q10.To what land was Baruch taken with Jeremiah?

      • A. Babylon
      • B. Egypt ✓
      • C. Edom
      • D. Moab

      Answer: Egypt

      Jeremiah 43:6-7 (KJV) — they 'came into the land of Egypt.'

      Read Jeremiah 43:6 (KJV)