Ruth 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.From what country did Ruth come?
- A. Edom
- B. Moab ✓
- C. Ammon
- D. Philistia
Answer: Moab
He and his wife, and his two sons… went to sojourn in the country of Moab.
Q2.Who was Ruth's mother-in-law?
- A. Orpah
- B. Naomi ✓
- C. Rahab
- D. Hannah
Answer: Naomi
And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's.
Q3.What did Ruth say to Naomi when urged to return home?
- A. The LORD bless thee
- B. Whither thou goest, I will go ✓
- C. Let me return to my people
- D. I will send for thee
Answer: Whither thou goest, I will go
Whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge.
Q4.What did Ruth do in the fields to provide for Naomi?
- A. Plowed
- B. Gleaned barley ✓
- C. Tended sheep
- D. Sold cloth
Answer: Gleaned barley
And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers.
Q5.Whose field did Ruth glean in?
- A. Boaz's ✓
- B. Elimelech's
- C. Mahlon's
- D. Obed's
Answer: Boaz's
Her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz.
Q6.What relation was Boaz to Naomi's husband?
- A. A brother
- B. A son
- C. A near kinsman ✓
- D. A neighbor
Answer: A near kinsman
The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
Q7.Where did Ruth go at night by Naomi's counsel?
- A. The city gate
- B. Boaz's house
- C. The threshingfloor ✓
- D. The well
Answer: The threshingfloor
And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
Q8.What did Boaz use as the token of redemption?
- A. A ring
- B. A shoe was plucked off ✓
- C. A piece of silver
- D. A staff
Answer: A shoe was plucked off
A man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour.
Q9.What was the name of Ruth and Boaz's son?
- A. Jesse
- B. Obed ✓
- C. Boaz the younger
- D. David
Answer: Obed
And they called his name Obed.
Q10.Through Ruth's line was born which great king of Israel?
- A. Saul
- B. David ✓
- C. Solomon
- D. Hezekiah
Answer: David
Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.