Mark Quiz

Answer key for Mark Quiz

1. Q1: Whose voice is heard 'crying in the wilderness' in Mark 1? Answer: John the Baptist. John did baptize in the wilderness. Reference: Mark 1:4 (KJV).
2. Q2: Who were the first two disciples Jesus called in Mark? Answer: Simon and Andrew. He saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea. Reference: Mark 1:16 (KJV).
3. Q3: What did the friends do to bring a paralyzed man to Jesus? Answer: Lowered him through the roof. When they had broken it up, they let down the bed. Reference: Mark 2:4 (KJV).
4. Q4: How did Jesus calm the storm? Answer: He rebuked the wind: Peace, be still. Peace, be still. And the wind ceased. Reference: Mark 4:39 (KJV).
5. Q5: From whom did Jesus cast 'Legion' of demons? Answer: The Gadarene man. He answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. Reference: Mark 5:9 (KJV).
6. Q6: How many baskets remained after feeding the 5,000 in Mark? Answer: 12. They took up twelve baskets full of the fragments. Reference: Mark 6:43 (KJV).
7. Q7: Whose mother-in-law did Jesus heal of a fever? Answer: Simon's (Peter's). Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever. Reference: Mark 1:30 (KJV).
8. Q8: Mark is the ___ Gospel by length. Answer: shortest. Mark is the shortest of the four Gospels.
9. Q9: What two great commandments did Jesus give in Mark 12? Answer: Love God; love your neighbour. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God… love thy neighbour as thyself. Reference: Mark 12:30 (KJV).
10. Q10: Who carried Jesus' cross? Answer: Simon of Cyrene. They compel one Simon a Cyrenian… to bear his cross. Reference: Mark 15:21 (KJV).