Nehemiah 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.
Q1.What was Nehemiah's occupation in the palace of Shushan before he went to Jerusalem?
- A. The king's scribe
- B. The king's cupbearer ✓
- C. The captain of the guard
- D. The chief musician
Answer: The king's cupbearer
Nehemiah served as the cupbearer to King Artaxerxes.
Q2.Who was the king that granted Nehemiah permission to return to Judah?
- A. Cyrus
- B. Darius
- C. Artaxerxes ✓
- D. Ahasuerus
Answer: Artaxerxes
Artaxerxes the king noticed Nehemiah's sadness and granted his request.
Q3.Which two men were the primary leaders of the opposition who mocked the Jews for building the wall?
- A. Sanballat and Tobiah ✓
- B. Haman and Mordecai
- C. Balak and Balaam
- D. Sihon and Og
Answer: Sanballat and Tobiah
Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant mocked their efforts.
Q4.How many days did it take to finish the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem?
- A. Forty days
- B. Fifty-two days ✓
- C. Seven months
- D. Twelve years
Answer: Fifty-two days
The wall was finished in fifty and two days.
Q5.Because of the threat of enemies, how did the builders work on the wall?
- A. They worked only at night
- B. They hired mercenaries to protect them
- C. Every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon ✓
- D. They built a secondary wall first
Answer: Every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon
The builders labored with one hand and held a weapon in the other.
Q6.Who read the book of the law of Moses to the people from a pulpit of wood?
- A. Nehemiah
- B. Ezra the scribe ✓
- C. Joshua the son of Nun
- D. Zadok the priest
Answer: Ezra the scribe
Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood and read the law.
Q7.What did the people do when Ezra opened the book of the law in the sight of all the people?
- A. They all sat down
- B. They all stood up ✓
- C. They began to sing
- D. They fled in fear
Answer: They all stood up
When Ezra opened the book, all the people stood up.
Q8.Nehemiah told the people not to mourn or weep, for what was their strength?
- A. The walls of the city
- B. The joy of the LORD ✓
- C. The gold of the treasury
- D. The might of their swords
Answer: The joy of the LORD
Nehemiah declared, 'for the joy of the LORD is your strength.'
Q9.Which feast did the children of Israel keep in the seventh month, dwelling in booths?
- A. The Feast of Passover
- B. The Feast of Pentecost
- C. The Feast of Tabernacles ✓
- D. The Feast of Purim
Answer: The Feast of Tabernacles
They found it written in the law that they should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month.
Q10.What did Nehemiah do when he found that some were treading wine presses and selling victuals on the sabbath?
- A. He commanded the gates of Jerusalem to be shut ✓
- B. He left the city in protest
- C. He burned their goods
- D. He increased their taxes
Answer: He commanded the gates of Jerusalem to be shut
He commanded the gates be shut when it began to be dark before the sabbath.