Esther Bible Quiz
35 questions with answers and verses. Tap any question to test yourself — or play a timed quiz.
Play a Exile quizEasy (11)
- Which queen refused King Xerxes' command to come before him during his feast?
- Who raised Esther as his own daughter after her parents died?
- Why was Haman filled with rage against Mordecai?
- Whom did Haman plot to destroy throughout the kingdom of Xerxes?
- Haman was hanged on the gallows he had prepared for whom?
- Which annual Jewish festival was established in the book of Esther?
- Who said, "If I perish, I perish!"?
- Who told Esther she might have come to the kingdom "for such a time as this"?
- Esther became queen to the king of which empire?
- What did Esther keep secret when she was taken into the palace?
- What did King Xerxes hold out to Esther so she could approach him unsummoned?
Medium (10)
- How long did Esther ask the Jews of Susa to fast for her?
- What was Esther's Hebrew name?
- What was Esther's relationship to Mordecai?
- What plot did Mordecai uncover while sitting at the king's gate?
- What did King Xerxes have read to him on a night when he could not sleep?
- What did Haman propose for the man the king delighted to honor?
- What did Mordecai put on when he learned of Haman's decree against the Jews?
- What did the king take back from Haman and give to Mordecai?
- What did Mordecai's decree in the king's name permit the Jews to do?
- What rank did Mordecai hold at the end of the book of Esther?
Hard (9)
- What does "Pur," the word behind the name Purim, mean?
- Over how many provinces did King Xerxes reign?
- How high was the gallows Haman had built for Mordecai?
- What was the name of Haman's wife?
- Which eunuch had charge of the young women and advised Esther before she went to the king?
- In the book of Esther, Haman son of Hammedatha is called what?
- Mordecai belonged to which tribe of Israel?
- On which day of the month of Adar were the Jews to be destroyed under Haman's edict?
- How many sons of Haman were killed and then hanged on the gallows?