Q 01/05

Exodus is which book of the Bible?

A) The first

B) The second

C) The third

D) The fifth

Answer · why

B) The second

Exodus is the second book of the Bible, following Genesis; it opens with Jacob's descendants multiplying in Egypt and a new pharaoh enslaving them.

Q 02/05

In Exodus 4, what does Moses' staff become when he throws it on the ground?

A) A snake

B) A dove

C) A scorpion

D) A burning coal

Answer · why

A) A snake

At the burning bush God tells Moses to throw down his staff, and it becomes a snake (Exodus 4:3); he flees from it until told to grasp its tail.

Q 03/05

What is the traditional Hebrew title of the Book of Exodus?

A) Shemot ('Names')

B) Bereshit ('In the beginning')

C) Devarim ('Words')

D) Bamidbar ('In the wilderness')

Answer · why

A) Shemot ('Names')

The Hebrew title is Shemot, 'Names', taken from the book's opening verse: 'These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt'.

Q 04/05

According to Exodus, the enslaved Israelites were forced to build which two store cities?

A) Memphis and Thebes

B) Pithom and Rameses

C) Goshen and Zoan

D) On and Avaris

Answer · why

B) Pithom and Rameses

Exodus 1:11 names Pithom and Rameses as the store cities the enslaved Israelites built; the name Rameses is one reason Ramesses II is often proposed a...

Q 05/05

Who found the infant Moses hidden in an ark among the reeds of the Nile?

A) A Midianite shepherdess

B) The wife of a Hebrew priest

C) Pharaoh's daughter

D) An Egyptian midwife

Answer · why

C) Pharaoh's daughter

Pharaoh's daughter found the basket while bathing in the Nile (Exodus 2:5); she named the child Moses and unknowingly hired his own mother to nurse hi...