Queen Esther Quiz

Answer key for Queen Esther Quiz

1. Q1: What Persian king made Esther his queen? Answer: Ahasuerus. The king loved Esther above all the women… so that he set the royal crown upon her head. Reference: Esther 2:17 (KJV).
2. Q2: Who was the queen before Esther? Answer: Vashti. Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment. Reference: Esther 1:12 (KJV).
3. Q3: Who was Esther's cousin and guardian? Answer: Mordecai. And he brought up… Esther, his uncle's daughter. Reference: Esther 2:7 (KJV).
4. Q4: What was Esther's Hebrew name? Answer: Hadassah. Hadassah, that is, Esther. Reference: Esther 2:7 (KJV).
5. Q5: Who plotted to destroy the Jews? Answer: Haman. Haman… sought to destroy all the Jews. Reference: Esther 3:6 (KJV).
6. Q6: Mordecai urged Esther: thou art come to the kingdom for…? Answer: Such a time as this. Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? Reference: Esther 4:14 (KJV).
7. Q7: How many days did Esther call the Jews to fast? Answer: 3. Fast ye for me… three days, night or day. Reference: Esther 4:16 (KJV).
8. Q8: What did Esther say before going to the king unbidden? Answer: If I perish, I perish. And if I perish, I perish. Reference: Esther 4:16 (KJV).
9. Q9: Upon what was Haman hanged? Answer: The gallows he built for Mordecai. So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Reference: Esther 7:10 (KJV).
10. Q10: What feast commemorates Israel's deliverance in Esther? Answer: Purim. They called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Reference: Esther 9:26 (KJV).