Song of Solomon 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.In the opening chapter, the bride describes herself as 'black, but comely' and compares herself to which tents?
- A. The tents of Kedar ✓
- B. The tents of Shem
- C. The tents of Cush
- D. The tents of Midian
Answer: The tents of Kedar
She says she is black like the tents of Kedar, but comely as the curtains of Solomon.
Q2.To what flower does the bride compare herself in the second chapter?
- A. The lily of the valley
- B. The rose of Sharon ✓
- C. The violet of the field
- D. The blossom of almond
Answer: The rose of Sharon
The speaker declares, 'I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.'
Q3.What does the bridegroom say is 'sweet' and 'comely' in the second chapter?
- A. Thy voice and thy countenance ✓
- B. Thy song and thy dance
- C. Thy words and thy spirit
- D. Thy breath and thy lips
Answer: Thy voice and thy countenance
He asks to see her countenance and hear her voice, for her voice is sweet.
Q4.What 'little' animals are mentioned as spoiling the vines?
- A. Little locusts
- B. Little birds
- C. Little foxes ✓
- D. Little mice
Answer: Little foxes
The text says, 'Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines.'
Q5.The bridegroom compares the bride's hair to a flock of what animal?
- A. Goats ✓
- B. Sheep
- C. Lambs
- D. Doves
Answer: Goats
He says her hair is as a flock of goats that appear from mount Gilead.
Q6.What are the bride's lips compared to in chapter 4?
- A. A thread of scarlet ✓
- B. A ribbon of gold
- C. A drop of honey
- D. A petal of red
Answer: A thread of scarlet
The text states, 'Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely.'
Q7.The bridegroom describes the bride as a 'garden inclosed' and what other sealed object?
- A. A spring shut up ✓
- B. A book unopened
- C. A door bolted
- D. A treasure hidden
Answer: A spring shut up
He calls her 'a garden inclosed... a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.'
Q8.When the bride seeks her beloved in the city at night, who finds and smites her?
- A. The watchmen ✓
- B. The soldiers
- C. The merchants
- D. The princes
Answer: The watchmen
The watchmen that went about the city found her, smote her, and wounded her.
Q9.According to chapter 8, love is as strong as what?
- A. Death ✓
- B. The mountains
- C. The sea
- D. Iron
Answer: Death
The scripture says, 'for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave.'
Q10.What can 'many waters' not do to love?
- A. Quench it ✓
- B. Drown it
- C. Hide it
- D. Cool it
Answer: Quench it
The text declares, 'Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.'