Ruth and Esther — Bible Quiz

Category: Adults

Two women of courage — two entire books that bear their name

10 questions

1. What country did Ruth come from?
   Answer: From Moab
   Ruth the Moabite (Ruth 1:4).
2. What did Ruth say to Naomi?
   Answer: Where you go I will go; your people will be my people
   Your people will be my people, your God will be my God (Ruth 1:16).
3. How did Ruth meet Boaz?
   Answer: By gleaning in his field
   Ruth came to glean in Boaz's field (Ruth 2:3).
4. What is a 'goel' (redeemer)?
   Answer: A close relative who redeems and protects
   Boaz was the kinsman-redeemer of the family (Ruth 3:9).
5. Whose great-grandmother is Ruth?
   Answer: King David's
   Ruth → Obed → Jesse → David (Ruth 4:17).
6. Who was the king in the book of Esther?
   Answer: Ahasuerus (Xerxes)
   Ahasuerus reigned over 127 provinces (Esther 1:1).
7. Who wanted to exterminate the Jews?
   Answer: Haman
   Haman sought to destroy all the Jews (Esther 3:6).
8. What did Esther risk by going to the king without being summoned?
   Answer: Death
   Anyone who enters without being summoned is put to death (Esther 4:11).
9. What did Mordecai say to Esther?
   Answer: Who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
   For such a time as this (Esther 4:14).
10. What does the feast of Purim celebrate?
    Answer: The deliverance of the Jews through Esther
    Purim commemorates Esther's victory (Esther 9:26-28).