Mordecai Bible Quiz

Answer key for Mordecai Bible Quiz

1. Q1: Who was Mordecai's cousin that he raised as his own daughter? Answer: Esther. Esther 2:7 (KJV) — Mordecai 'brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother.' Reference: Esther 2:7 (KJV).
2. Q2: What was Mordecai's tribal lineage? Answer: Benjamin. Esther 2:5 (KJV) — 'Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai... a Benjamite.' Reference: Esther 2:5 (KJV).
3. Q3: What plot did Mordecai uncover? Answer: A plot against King Ahasuerus by two chamberlains. Esther 2:21 (KJV) — Mordecai 'sat in the king's gate... two of the king's chamberlains... sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.' Reference: Esther 2:21 (KJV).
4. Q4: Why did Mordecai refuse to bow to Haman? Answer: He feared God more than man. Esther 3:2-4 (KJV) — Mordecai 'bowed not, nor did him reverence,' for he was a Jew who would not bow to a man as if to God. Reference: Esther 3:2 (KJV).
5. Q5: What did Mordecai do when he learned of Haman's decree? Answer: Put on sackcloth and ashes and cried in the city. Esther 4:1 (KJV) — 'When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry.' Reference: Esther 4:1 (KJV).
6. Q6: What did Mordecai send to Esther after she hesitated to approach the king? Answer: A message asking her to fast and remember her purpose. Esther 4:13-14 (KJV) — Mordecai sent word: 'Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house... and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?' Reference: Esther 4:14 (KJV).
7. Q7: What reward did the king ask Haman what should be done to the man the king delighted to honour? Answer: Dress him in royal apparel and parade him on horseback. Esther 6:8-9 (KJV) — Haman suggested: 'Let the royal apparel be brought... and the horse that the king rideth upon... and bring him on horseback through the street of the city.' Reference: Esther 6:8 (KJV).
8. Q8: Who was ordered to carry out the honour on Mordecai? Answer: Haman himself. Esther 6:10-11 (KJV) — The king commanded Haman, 'Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew.' Reference: Esther 6:10 (KJV).
9. Q9: What position was Mordecai given after Haman's downfall? Answer: Prime minister over the house of Haman. Esther 8:2 (KJV) — 'The king took off his ring... and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.' Reference: Esther 8:2 (KJV).
10. Q10: What did Mordecai record in the chronicles of the kings? Answer: The feast of Purim and deliverance of the Jews. Esther 9:20 (KJV) — 'And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews... to establish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly.' Reference: Esther 9:20 (KJV).