History · Old Testament · 10 chapters
Esther quiz
How well do you know Esther? Start with these 3 free questions. Tap an answer to check it: each one is explained with the verse it comes from. The full quiz (26 questions, from easy to hard and chapter by chapter) is in Bible Academy.
Easy questions
1. How were Mordecai and Esther related?
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Answer: He was her cousin. Esther was “his uncle’s daughter,” so Mordecai was her cousin, and when her father and mother were dead, he took her for his own daughter. Esther 2:7
2. Why was Queen Vashti deposed?
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Answer: She refused to appear before the king. “The queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth.” Esther 1:12
3. What does the word “Pur,” which gave the feast of Purim its name, mean?
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Answer: The lot. Before Haman, “they cast Pur, that is, the lot,” to fix the day of the massacre; hence the name Purim. Esther 3:7