Sample Questions
Question 1
How many years did the Israelites live in Egypt according to Exodus?
- 40
- 100
- 430 ✓
- 70
Exodus 12:40 — Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years.
Question 2
Why did the new Pharaoh in Egypt oppress the Israelites?
- They were stealing his land
- They had become too numerous and he feared they would join his enemies ✓
- They refused to pay taxes
- They were worshiping other gods
Exodus 1:8-10 — 'Look,' he said to his people, 'the Israelites have become far too numerous for us... let us deal shrewdly with them.'
Question 3
What were the names of the two Hebrew midwives who defied Pharaoh's order to kill baby boys?
- Adah and Zillah
- Shiphrah and Puah ✓
- Miriam and Jochebed
- Rachel and Leah
Exodus 1:15 — The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah...
Question 4
How did Moses' mother hide him when he was a baby?
- In a cave
- In a basket made of papyrus in the reeds of the Nile ✓
- In a secret room in the palace
- In a shepherd's hut
Exodus 2:3 — She got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch... and placed it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
Question 5
Who found baby Moses in the river?
- A shepherd
- Pharaoh's daughter ✓
- A Hebrew slave
- Miriam
Exodus 2:5 — Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe... she saw the basket among the reeds.
Question 6
Who was Moses' biological sister who watched him in the basket?
- Sarah
- Miriam ✓
- Esther
- Ruth
Exodus 2:4 — His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
Question 7
Why did Moses flee from Egypt to Midian?
- He wanted to be a shepherd
- He killed an Egyptian who was beating a Hebrew ✓
- Pharaoh died and he was no longer welcome
- He was called by God in a dream
Exodus 2:11-15 — Moses killed an Egyptian... When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian.
Question 8
Who was Moses' wife?
- Miriam
- Zipporah ✓
- Asenath
- Keturah
Exodus 2:21 — Moses agreed to stay with the man (Reuel/Jethro), who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
Question 9
What was the name of Moses' first son?
- Eliezer
- Gershom ✓
- Isaac
- Aaron
Exodus 2:22 — Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom.
Question 10
Where was Moses when God spoke to him from a burning bush?
- Mount Zion
- Mount Sinai (Horeb) ✓
- Mount Nebo
- The Nile Delta
Exodus 3:1-2 — Moses... came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush.
Question 11
What name did God call Himself when Moses asked who should he say sent him?
- The Almighty
- I AM WHO I AM ✓
- The God of Wonders
- Adonai
Exodus 3:14 — God said to Moses, 'I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.'
Question 12
What were the three signs God gave Moses to show the Israelites he was sent by God?
- Staff to snake, leprous hand, water to blood ✓
- Burning bush, pillars of fire, mana from heaven
- Split the sea, ten plagues, thunder
- Floating axe head, oil multiplication, fire from sky
Exodus 4:1-9 — God gave signs of the staff, the hand, and the water from the Nile turning to blood.
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