Song of Solomon Quiz

Answer key for Song of Solomon Quiz

1. Q1: In the opening chapter, the bride describes herself as 'black, but comely' and compares herself to which tents? Answer: The tents of Kedar. She says she is black like the tents of Kedar, but comely as the curtains of Solomon. Reference: Song of Solomon 1:5 (KJV).
2. Q2: To what flower does the bride compare herself in the second chapter? Answer: The rose of Sharon. The speaker declares, 'I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.' Reference: Song of Solomon 2:1 (KJV).
3. Q3: What does the bridegroom say is 'sweet' and 'comely' in the second chapter? Answer: Thy voice and thy countenance. He asks to see her countenance and hear her voice, for her voice is sweet. Reference: Song of Solomon 2:14 (KJV).
4. Q4: What 'little' animals are mentioned as spoiling the vines? Answer: Little foxes. The text says, 'Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines.' Reference: Song of Solomon 2:15 (KJV).
5. Q5: The bridegroom compares the bride's hair to a flock of what animal? Answer: Goats. He says her hair is as a flock of goats that appear from mount Gilead. Reference: Song of Solomon 4:1 (KJV).
6. Q6: What are the bride's lips compared to in chapter 4? Answer: A thread of scarlet. The text states, 'Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely.' Reference: Song of Solomon 4:3 (KJV).
7. Q7: The bridegroom describes the bride as a 'garden inclosed' and what other sealed object? Answer: A spring shut up. He calls her 'a garden inclosed... a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.' Reference: Song of Solomon 4:12 (KJV).
8. Q8: When the bride seeks her beloved in the city at night, who finds and smites her? Answer: The watchmen. The watchmen that went about the city found her, smote her, and wounded her. Reference: Song of Solomon 5:7 (KJV).
9. Q9: According to chapter 8, love is as strong as what? Answer: Death. The scripture says, 'for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave.' Reference: Song of Solomon 8:6 (KJV).
10. Q10: What can 'many waters' not do to love? Answer: Quench it. The text declares, 'Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.' Reference: Song of Solomon 8:7 (KJV).