Bible Quiz, Intermediate Level: The Gospel of Mark (10 Questions and Answers)

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Ten intermediate-level questions on the Gospel of Mark, from the healing of the paralytic to the empty tomb.

1. How do the four men get the paralytic in front of Jesus?
   Answer: They open up the roof and lower his bed
   Unable to get near because of the crowd, they opened up the roof and lowered the bed (Mark 2:3-4).
2. Where is Levi, son of Alphaeus, sitting when Jesus calls him?
   Answer: At the tax booth
   Jesus saw Levi, son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth and said to him: Follow me (Mark 2:14).
3. What is Jesus doing during the storm on the sea?
   Answer: Sleeping on a cushion in the stern
   Jesus was asleep on a cushion in the stern; when woken, he rebuked the wind and the sea (Mark 4:38-39).
4. How many pigs rush into the sea at Gadara?
   Answer: About two thousand
   The unclean spirits entered the pigs, about two thousand of them, which drowned in the sea (Mark 5:11-13).
5. How old is Jairus' daughter, whom Jesus raises?
   Answer: Twelve years old
   Jesus took the girl by the hand, and she got up and walked, for she was twelve years old (Mark 5:41-42).
6. After the five loaves for five thousand men, how many baskets of leftovers are collected?
   Answer: Twelve baskets
   They collected twelve baskets full of pieces of bread and fish (Mark 6:41-44; 8:19).
7. Who appears with Jesus at the transfiguration?
   Answer: Elijah and Moses
   Elijah and Moses appeared and talked with Jesus in front of Peter, James and John (Mark 9:2-4).
8. What does Jesus do as he looks at the rich man who questions him?
   Answer: He loves him and says one thing is lacking
   Jesus looked at him and loved him, then said he lacked one thing: sell everything and follow him (Mark 10:21).
9. At whose house is Jesus in Bethany when a woman breaks a jar of nard?
   Answer: In the house of Simon the leper
   At Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, a woman poured nard perfume on Jesus' head (Mark 14:3).
10. What do the women see inside the empty tomb, according to Mark?
    Answer: A young man in white sitting on the right
    In the tomb, the women saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side (Mark 16:5).