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