Delilah
Delilah
  • 1. Who is Delilah known for her relationship with?
A) Samson
B) King David
C) Solomon
D) Saul
  • 2. In which book of the Bible is Delilah's story primarily found?
A) Exodus
B) Ruth
C) Genesis
D) Judges
  • 3. What was Delilah's nationality?
A) Egyptian
B) Israelite
C) Philistine
D) Canaanite
  • 4. After Samson's strength was gone, what was he forced to do?
A) Work as a soldier
B) Build a temple
C) Grind grain in prison
D) Stay hidden
  • 5. What did Samson's strength symbolize?
A) His loyalty to Delilah
B) His status as a warrior
C) His lineage
D) His covenant with God
  • 6. After Samson's betrayal, where was he imprisoned?
A) Gaza
B) Hebron
C) Bethlehem
D) Jerusalem
  • 7. How did Samson ultimately die?
A) In battle
B) By collapsing a temple on himself
C) By execution
D) From starvation
  • 8. What did the Philistines do to Samson after capturing him?
A) Executed him immediately
B) Threw him in prison
C) Gouged out his eyes
D) Made him a slave
  • 9. In which chapter of the Book of Judges is Delilah mentioned?
A) Sixteenth
B) Twenty-third
C) Tenth
D) First
  • 10. What did the lords of the Philistines offer Delilah as a bribe?
A) Land and property
B) 1100 silver coins
C) Political power
D) A large sum of gold
  • 11. What did Delilah use to bind Samson during her first attempt?
A) Silken ropes
B) Iron chains
C) Seven green withes
D) Leather straps
  • 12. Which of the following texts suggests that 'a man' or 'a barber' cut Samson's hair?
A) The original Greek version
B) The Latin Vulgate
C) Variations of the Hebrew text
D) The Septuagint
  • 13. How did Billy Graham interpret Samson's punishment?
A) As divine forgiveness
B) As reaping what one sows for succumbing to lust for Delilah
C) As an act of mercy
D) As a test of faithfulness
  • 14. What does the name 'Delilah' imply according to Jewish sages?
A) 'She dwindles'
B) 'The wise woman'
C) 'The faithful wife'
D) 'The strong one'
  • 15. Which Jewish text theorizes that Delilah was a Philistine and a prostitute?
A) The Midrash
B) Pseudo-Philo
C) The Torah
D) The Talmud
  • 16. Which work includes lyrics about cutting Samson's hair?
A) Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah
B) Camille Saint-Saëns' Samson and Delilah
C) Regina Spektor's 'Samson'
D) H. G. Wells' The Invisible Man
  • 17. According to some midrash, how did Delilah try to get Samson to reveal his secret?
A) Using sex and harassment during their interactions
B) By offering him gifts
C) With threats of violence
D) Through prayer and fasting
  • 18. Who wrote the libretto for George Frideric Handel's opera 'Samson'?
A) Cecil B. DeMille
B) Carol Ann Duffy
C) Ferdinand Lemaire
D) Newburgh Hamilton
  • 19. Which biblical character's mother is theorized by some medieval midrash to be Delilah?
A) Abigail
B) Micah from the narrative of Micah's Idol
C) Esther
D) Ruth
  • 20. How did Thomas Cajetan view Delilah's intentions towards Samson?
A) He thought she was indifferent to his fate
B) He believed she wanted to kill him
C) He felt she wanted to marry him
D) He suggested she never intended for him to be killed or wounded
  • 21. What is Delilah's name associated with in later interpretations?
A) Heroic figures
B) Wisdom and knowledge
C) Treacherous and voluptuous women
D) Peace and harmony
  • 22. In which work is Delilah's name used to connote deceit or betrayal?
A) H. G. Wells' The Invisible Man
B) George Frideric Handel's opera Samson
C) The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber
D) One Thousand and One Nights
  • 23. Which actress played Delilah in the 1984 film 'Samson and Delilah'?
A) Carol Ann Duffy
B) Elizabeth Hurley
C) Belinda Bauer
D) Hedy Lamarr
  • 24. Which work by H. G. Wells features Delilah as a name associated with betrayal?
A) Beach Music
B) Samson Agonistes
C) The Invisible Man
D) Samson and Delilah (1949)
  • 25. Who portrayed Delilah in the 1996 film 'Samson and Delilah'?
A) Carol Ann Duffy
B) Elizabeth Hurley
C) Belinda Bauer
D) Hedy Lamarr
  • 26. How many Academy Awards did 'Samson and Delilah' (1949) win?
A) One
B) Five
C) Two
D) Three
  • 27. How do some late aggadah describe the sons of Samson and Delilah?
A) They were strong like their father
B) They were musicians
C) They were weak and frail
D) They were scholars and teachers
  • 28. Which poet included a poem from Delilah’s perspective in 'The World’s Wife'?
A) Andrew Lloyd Webber
B) H. G. Wells
C) John Milton
D) Carol Ann Duffy
  • 29. Who starred as Samson in the 1949 film directed by Cecil B. DeMille?
A) Victor Mature
B) Hedy Lamarr
C) Belinda Bauer
D) Elizabeth Hurley
  • 30. Who composed the opera 'Samson and Delilah' with a sympathetic portrayal of Delilah?
A) George Frideric Handel
B) Camille Saint-Saëns
C) Regina Spektor
D) Cecil B. DeMille
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