Queen Vashti Bible 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.Vashti was queen to which king?
- A. Cyrus
- B. Darius
- C. Ahasuerus ✓
- D. Artaxerxes
Answer: Ahasuerus
Esther 1:9 (KJV) — 'Vashti the queen made a feast.'
Q2.In what palace did the feast take place?
- A. Susa (Shushan) ✓
- B. Babylon
- C. Persepolis
- D. Jerusalem
Answer: Susa (Shushan)
Esther 1:2 (KJV) — 'in Shushan the palace.'
Q3.How many days was the king's feast?
- A. 7
- B. 30
- C. 180 ✓
- D. 365
Answer: 180
Esther 1:4 (KJV) — 'an hundred and fourscore days.'
Q4.How long was the additional feast for the people in Shushan?
- A. 3 days
- B. 7 days ✓
- C. 30 days
- D. 12 days
Answer: 7 days
Esther 1:5 (KJV) — 'seven days, in the court.'
Q5.For whom did Vashti make her feast?
- A. The princes
- B. The women ✓
- C. The Jews
- D. The Levites
Answer: The women
Esther 1:9 (KJV) — 'Vashti... made a feast for the women.'
Q6.How many chamberlains were sent to fetch Vashti?
- A. Three
- B. Five
- C. Seven ✓
- D. Ten
Answer: Seven
Esther 1:10 (KJV) — 'the seven chamberlains.'
Q7.Why did the king want her to come?
- A. To advise him
- B. To shew her beauty with the royal crown ✓
- C. To serve wine
- D. To dance
Answer: To shew her beauty with the royal crown
Esther 1:11 (KJV) — 'to shew the people and the princes her beauty.'
Q8.What did Vashti do?
- A. Came at once
- B. Refused to come ✓
- C. Sent her women
- D. Fled
Answer: Refused to come
Esther 1:12 (KJV) — 'the queen Vashti refused to come.'
Q9.Who counselled the king about Vashti?
- A. Mordecai
- B. Memucan and the wise men ✓
- C. Haman
- D. Esther
Answer: Memucan and the wise men
Esther 1:14-16 (KJV) — 'Memucan answered.'
Q10.What was decreed concerning Vashti?
- A. Banishment to Egypt
- B. She come no more before king Ahasuerus, and her royal estate be given to another ✓
- C. She be slain
- D. She return to her father's house only
Answer: She come no more before king Ahasuerus, and her royal estate be given to another
Esther 1:19 (KJV).