2019 – 2020 Bowl Chapters 6 – 10 October 2019 CHAPTER SIX 1. According to Esther chapter 6:1, what did the king command after 11. According to Esther chapter 6:9, who did say should Esther’s banquet when he could not sleep? array and parade through the city square the one whom the king A. Bring Esther into his presence delighted to honor? B. Bring the book of the records of the king’s decrees A. Gatekeeper B. Esther C. Bring the book of the records of the chronicles C. Noble prince D. D. Bring Mordecai before him 12. According to Esther chapter 6:10, who did the king tell to take 2. According to :2, who had Mordecai told of who had the robe and the horse for Mordecai? sought to lay hands on the king? A. Teresh B. Bigthana A. Zoreb and Hannaniah B. Bigthana and Teresh C. Hathach D. Haman C. Nadab and Abihu D. Ziklag and Timon 13. According to Esther chapter 6:11, what did Haman proclaim as 3. According to Esther 6:2, what was the job of Bigthana and Teresh? he led Mordecai through the city square? A. Palace guards B. Cupbearers A. Thus shall it be done to the man who saved the king! C. Couriers of the king D. Doorkeepers B. Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor! 4. According to Esther chapter 6:3, when the king found out that C. Give honor to the man who protects the king! Mordecai was the person who told them of the eunuchs’ plans D. Bow and pay homage to this man, a hero to the king! against him, what did he ask? A. What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this? 14. In Esther chapter 6:12, what did Haman do after parading B. Where is Haman? Mordecai through the city square? C. Who is this Mordecai? A. Hurried to his house D. What reward has been given to Mordecai? B. Returned to the king’s court C. Attended a banquet held by the king 5. According to Esther chapter 6:4, who had entered the outer court D. Went back to the king’s gate when the king was asking about what had been done for Mordecai? A. B. Esther 15. According to Esther chapter 6:12, where did Mordecai return C. Haman D. Mordecai after being paraded around in the city square? A. The synagogue B. The gallows built by Haman 6. According to Esther chapter 6:4, why had Haman entered the C. The king’s gate D. The king’s court outer court when the king was asking what had been done for Mordecai? 16. In Esther chapter 6:13, who told Haman that he would not A. To ask that Mordecai be promoted prevail against Mordecai if he was of Jewish descent? B. To request a special audience for he and Zeresh, his wife A. Zeresh and Haman’s wise men C. To ask for the services of Hathach B. Zeresh and Haman’s sons D. To request that Mordecai be hanged from the gallows he had C. The king’s eunuchs built D. Hathach

7. According to Esther chapter 6:5, when the king was told that 17. According to Esther chapter 6:14, while Haman was still talking Haman was standing in the court, what did the king tell his servants with his wise men and wife, where did the king’s eunuchs come and to let him do? take him? A. Go home B. Come in A. The king’s gate to meet with Mordecai C. Prepare a banquet D. Honor him B. The gallows he had built C. The banquet which Esther had prepared 8. In Esther chapter 6:6, the king asked Haman what should be done D. The king’s court for the man whom the king delights to . A. Repay B. Please CHAPTER SEVEN C. Honor D. Help 1. According to :2, who asked Esther again on the second day of the banquet what her petition was? 9. According to Esther chapter 6:6, who did Haman assume that the A. Haman B. Mordecai king wanted to honor? C. Queen D. King A. Mordecai B. Himself C. Esther D. Hathach 2. According to Esther 7:2, what limit did the king set on how much he would grant of Esther’s request? 10. According Esther chapter 6:8, which of the following did Haman A. Up to half the kingdom B. Up to half his servants NOT recommend for the one whom the king delighted to honor? C. Up to half the treasury D. Up to half the harvest A. A royal robe B. A horse C. A royal crest D. A royal banquet

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2019 – 2020 Bible Bowl Esther Chapters 6 – 10 October 2019 3. According to Esther 7:3, at the banquet, what did Esther ask the 13. According to Esther 7:10, the king’s wrath, which arose during king to give her? Esther’s banquet, subsided after what happened? A. Haman’s life and his house B. Her life and her people A. After Haman was hanged C. A province for the D. A citadel for Mordecai B. After Esther cried at his feet C. After Mordecai was hanged 4. According to Esther 7:4, Esther informed the king that she and her D. After he gave Esther the house of Haman people had been sold to be what? A. To be exiled B. To be soldiers CHAPTER EIGHT C. To be killed D. To be slaves 1. According to :1, to whom did King Ahasuerus give Haman’s house? 5. According to Esther 7:5, after Esther told the king that her people A. Vashti B. Zeresh had been sold, what was his next question? C. Esther D. Mordecai A. What is your request? B. Who are your people? 2. According to Esther 8:2, what valuable item did the king give to C. Who would do such a thing? Mordecai, which he had earlier given to Haman and since taken D. How will I compensate for this loss? back? A. His golden scepter B. His favorite horse 6. According to Esther 7:6, Esther informed the king that the C. His signet ring D. His royal robe adversary who wanted her people to be annihilated was what wicked man? 3. According to Esther 8:3, Esther implored the king with tears to A. Haman B. Hegai counteract what evil scheme? C. Teresh D. Bigthan A. The Persian princes’ scheme against the noble ladies B. Haman’s scheme against the Jews 7. According to Esther 7:6, when Esther identified Haman as the C. Memucan’s scheme against Vashti enemy, what did he do? D. Zeresh’s scheme against Mordecai A. Hanged himself B. Became terrified C. Assaulted Esther D. Ran out of the palace 4. Esther 8:3 and several other verses in the book remind us that Haman belonged to what group of descendants? 8. According to Esther 7:7, the king arose in his wrath, left the A. The Agagites B. The Edomites banquet, and went where? C. The Moabites D. The Ammonites A. Into the palace garden B. Into his bedchamber C. Into his throne room D. To Haman’s house 5. According to Esther 8:4, when Esther fell at the king’s feet and implored him with tears, what did he hold out toward her? 9. According to Esther 7:7, what did Haman do while the king was A. His signet ring B. Haman’s letters away from the banquet? C. His hand D. The golden scepter A. Hanged himself B. Fled to his house 6. According to Esther 8:5, what did Esther ask the king to do with C. Revoked his decree to kill the Jews Haman’s letters? D. Pled for his life before Queen Esther A. Burn them B. Copy them C. Revoke them D. Approve them 10. According to Esther 7:8, when the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet, where was Haman? 7. According to Esther 8:7, King Ahasuerus said Haman was hanged A. Hiding under a table B. Hanging from the gallows on the gallows because he tried to lay his hand on whom? C. Before Queen Esther D. Across Esther’s couch/bed A. The king B. The Jews C. The queen D. Mordecai 11. According to Esther 7:9, which one of the eunuchs pointed out to the king the gallows that Haman made for Mordecai? 8. According to Esther 8:7-8, after Haman’s death, whom did King A. Carcas B. Zethar Ahasuerus tell to write a new decree in the king’s name concerning C. Harbonah D. Mehuman the Jews? A. Only Esther B. Only Mordecai 12. According to Esther 7:9, who gave the order for Haman to be C. Both Esther and Mordecai D. The king’s scribes hanged? A. The king B. The queen 9. According to Esther 8:9, the king’s scribes were called during the C. The chief D. The prince of Persia month of Sivan to write down the new decree according to whose command? A. All that Esther commanded B. All that Mordecai commanded C. All that Harbonah commanded D. All that Hammedatha commanded

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2019 – 2020 Bible Bowl Esther Chapters 6 – 10 October 2019 10. According to Esther 8:9, the 127 provinces of Ahasuerus’ 3. According to :2, on the day the decree was executed, fear kingdom extended over what area? fell upon the people so that they could not withstand whom? A. From the east to the west A. The wise men B. The couriers B. From to Ethiopia C. The satraps D. The Jews C. From Media to Shushan D. From Assyria to Egypt 4. According to Esther 9:3-4, all the officials of the provinces feared what man who was becoming increasingly prominent in the king’s 11. According to Esther 8:10, how did the couriers carry the letters palace? with the new decree? A. Hegai B. Mordecai A. On foot B. On camels C. Harbonah D. Shaashgaz C. By chariot D. On horseback 5. According to Esther 9:5, how did the Jews defeat all their enemies 12. According to Esther 8:11, the new decree permitted the Jews to on the day the decree was executed? do what to any people that would assault them? A. By the hand of God A. Kill their forces B. With slings and arrows B. Kill the women and children C. With the stroke of the sword C. Plunder their possessions D. By hanging them on gallows D. All of the above 6. According to Esther 9:6, how many men did the Jews kill and 13. According to Esther 8:12-13, on what day did the new decree destroy in Shushan, the citadel? permit the Jews to avenge themselves on their enemies? A. 300 B. 500 A. The thirteenth day of the twelfth month C. 1500 D. None B. The tenth day of the twelfth month C. The thirteenth day of the tenth month 7. According to Esther 9:7-10, which of the following was not one of D. The twelfth day of the eleventh month the 10 sons of Haman? A. Adalia B. Aridai 14. According to Esther 8:15, what was Mordecai wearing when he C. D. Aspatha left the king’s presence after the new decree was issued? A. Royal apparel B. Priestly garments 8. According to Esther 9:7-10, Haman was the son of whom? C. A breastplate of gold D. Sackcloth and ashes A. Hammedatha B. Vajezatha C. Abihail D. Memucan 15. According to Esther 8:16-17, what did the Jews have after the king’s new decree was issued? 9. According to Esther 9:7-10, how many sons did Haman have? A. Honor B. Joy and gladness A. 4 B. 8 C. A feast and a holiday D. All of the above C. 10 D. 12

16. According to Esther 8:17, because the king’s decree caused them 10. According to Esther 9:10, what action did the Jews take against to fear the Jews, what did many of the people of the land do? the sons of Haman? A. They became Jews A. They did no harm to them B. They assaulted the Jews B. They plundered but did not kill them C. They fled from their provinces C. They killed but did not plunder D. They asked the satraps to protect them D. They killed and plundered

CHAPTER NINE 11. According to Esther 9:11-12, what was the king’s reaction when 1. According to Esther 9:1, the king’s decree was to be executed on he heard the number of those killed by the Jews in Shushan? what day? A. He asked Esther if she had any further requests or petitions A. The fourth day of the third month B. He waged war on the Jews B. The eighth day of the seventh month C. He asked the Jews to leave his land C. The eleventh day of the tenth month D. He feared and worshipped Esther’s God D. The thirteenth day of the twelfth month 12. According to Esther 9:13, what did Esther ask be done to 2. According to Esther 9:1, what had the enemies of the Jews hoped Haman’s ten sons? would happen on the day the decree was executed? A. That they be hanged on the gallows A. They would overpower the Jews B. That they be released and pardoned B. The Jews would become their slaves C. That they be put in prison C. They would collect taxes from the Jews D. That they be beheaded D. The Jews would be expelled from the kingdom

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2019 – 2020 Bible Bowl Esther Chapters 6 – 10 October 2019 13. According to Esther 9:14-15, after the hanging of Haman’s sons, 23. According to Esther 9:28, was to be remembered and kept on what day did the Jews in Shushan gather? throughout what? A. 10th day of Adar B. 14th day of Adar A. All the land C. 12th day of Tebeth D. 7th day of Tebeth B. Every generation, family, province, and city C. All the tribes of Israel 14. According to Esther 9:16, how many of their enemies did the D. The whole kingdom of Ahasuerus Jews in the king’s provinces kill, even though they did not lay a hand on the plunder? 24. According to Esther 9:29, who wrote with full authority a second A. None B. 15,000 letter to the Jews regarding the observation of Purim? C. 50,000 D. 75,000 A. King Ashasuerus B. Memucan C. Hegai D. Queen Esther 15. According to Esther 9:17-18, what did the Jews at Shushan do on the 15th day of the month of Adar and the remainder of the Jews in 25. According to Esther 9:30, how many provinces were in the the provinces do on the 14th day of the month of Adar? kingdom of Ahasuerus? A. Attended to those wounded in battle A. 14 B. 78 B. Rested and mourned C. 127 D. 300 C. Rested and feasted D. Offered sacrifices 26. According to Esther 9:30, in what manner did Mordecai send the letters about Purim to all the Jews? 16. According to Esther 9:20-21, who wrote letters to all the Jews, A. With authority near and far, to establish a new celebration on the fourteenth and B. With words of peace and truth fifteenth days of Adar? C. With words of wisdom and encouragement A. Mordecai B. King Ahasuerus D. With words of lamenting and sorrow C. Queen Esther D. The king’s scribes 27. According to Esther 9:29-31, why did Mordecai send letters 17. According to Esther 9:21-22, how often were the Jews instructed about Purim to all the Jews? to observe and celebrate the new holiday? A. To confirm the days of Purim at their appointed time A. Each new moon B. Twice per year B. To remind the Jews of the wicked plot against them C. Yearly D. Every 7th year C. To celebrate the freedom of the Jews D. To make the Jews aware of their victory over their enemies 18. According to Esther 9:21-22, what did the letter to all the Jews NOT establish as a part of the holiday that would be called Purim? 28. In Esther 9:32-10:2, which of the following was NOT mentioned A. Offering sacrifices B. Feasting as being written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media C. Sending presents D. Giving gifts to the poor and Persia? A. The things that Haman had plotted against the Jews 19. According to Esther 9:23-24, why did the Jews accept the custom B. The greatness of Mordecai of this new celebration as Mordecai instructed? C. The decree of Esther confirming Purim A. Because Mordecai was right second to King Ahasuerus D. The acts of King Ahasuerus’s power and might B. Because Haman had plotted to annihilate them C. Because they feared King Ahasuerus CHAPTER TEN D. Because they feared Mordecai 1. What book is mentioned in :2? A. The Book of Life 20. According to Esther 9:24, what had Haman “cast” in his plot B. The Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia against the Jews? C. The Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel A. Stones B. Pur D. The Book of Purim C. Judgment D. A spear 2. According to Esther 10:3, what position did Mordecai the Jew 21. According to Esther 9:24-26, what did the Jews call these days of attain? celebration because of the lot Haman cast against them? A. Second to the King B. Cupbearer to the King A. Feast of Adar B. Feast of the Queen C. Priest D. Governor over the Jewish provinces C. Purim D. Feast of Booths

22. According to Esther 9:27, upon whom did the Jews NOT impose the observation of the feast called Purim? A. The servants of King Ahasuerus B. Themselves C. Their descendants D. All who would join them

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