A Multiple Choice Quiz About People in the Bible. Just for fun, give this a try! When you are done, Check your answers here.
Below you will find a list of famous (mostly biblical) characters. Here are some things you can do with the list to learn more about the people in the Bible:
- In the list below, cross out the names of any of the people in the list below who are not in the Bible at all (yes, there are some trick questions!)
- Write each of their names on a 3×5 card, shuffle them, and then put them in the order they appear in the Bible (to check yourself, the list below is pretty close).
- Without taking time to look them up in the Bible, try to write a few words on the 3×5 card about each person that captures the main point of their role in the Bible. (For extra credit for a snowy day–look up the ones you are not sure about in a Bible dictionary to add to what you already know.)
- Write the name of at least one book in the Bible that you can read about each character (Only IF they are in the Bible! — I will be so disappointed if you say that you think Paul Revere was one of the people on Noah’s Ark–“two if by sea,” you know!)
- Pick out ten of the people in this list that you know faced significant challenges of some kind. Write a sentence or two about the challenge they faced, what made it so hard, and how they dealt with that challenge.
- Which person in this list do you think is most like you? Do you think your friends/family would agree with your answer?
- Which person in this list do you wish you could become more like, and why? In what ways?
- If you could choose two people in this list to become your best friends, besides Jesus, who would you pick? If you could choose two people to avoid at all costs, who would you pick?
- For a huge “Extra Credit,” briefly summarize the overall history of the Old Testament in your own words, making sure to incorporate or at least mentions all of the Old Testament people listed below. Once you’ve done that, why not go ahead and do the same for the New Testament people? (There’s nothing that great on TV anyway!)
Here is my Old Testament Summary
Here is my New Testament Summary
Adam & Eve
Cain & Abel
Noah
Mozart
Abraham & Sarah (Sarai)
Isaac & Rebecca
Jacob & Esau
Rachel
Leah
Joseph
Pharoah (King of Egypt)
Moses
Joshua
Goliath
Delilah
Deborah
Elijah
Elisha
Samson
Ruth
Boaz
Samuel
Saul
David
Solomon
Jeroboam
Rehoboam
Paul Revere
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Daniel
Nebuchadnezzar
Hosea
Jonah
Micah
King Herod
Gabriel
Rembrandt
Elizabeth (Zechariah’s wife)
Zechariah (Elizabeth’s husband)
John the Baptist
Joseph & Mary
Jesus
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Judas
Simon Peter
Thomas
The Prodigal Son
Larry the Cable Guy
Nicodemus
Zacchaeus
Lazarus
Jairus
Woman at the Well (unknown name)
Mary Magdalene
Herodias
Pharisees
Sadducees
Zealots
Pilate
Barabbas
Paul (the Apostle)
Titus
Jude
James
Thomas Jefferson
Timothy
Onesimus
Philemon
Priscilla
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