A) 4th century BC B) 6th century BC C) 1st century AD D) 2nd century BC
A) 2nd century BC B) 3rd century BC C) 1st century BC D) 6th century BC
A) Daniel B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Collins D) Belshazzar
A) A Babylonian king B) A Greek philosopher C) A Persian high priest D) A Jewish exile in Babylon
A) Scientific B) Agricultural C) Medical D) Political
A) Babylon would rule the entire world forever B) God would save the Israelites in their present oppression just as he saved Daniel C) Israelites must assimilate into Babylonian culture D) Prophecy is impossible to understand
A) As part of the Torah B) As one of the Ketuvim ('Writings') C) As historical poetry D) As part of the major prophets
A) With the Ketuvim B) With the historical books only C) With the New Testament gospels D) With the major prophets
A) Three additional sections B) A set of six court tales C) Genealogical records D) Four apocalyptic visions
A) Legal codes B) Historical poetry C) Six court tales D) Four apocalyptic visions
A) Koine Greek B) Classical Latin C) Biblical Aramaic D) Late Biblical Hebrew
A) Classical Arabic B) Koine Greek C) Biblical Aramaic D) Late Biblical Hebrew
A) The Septuagint B) The Vulgate C) The Dead Sea Scrolls D) The Masoretic Text
A) Susanna B) Belshazzar's feast C) The seventy weeks D) The fiery furnace
A) Only the Septuagint texts B) None of the apocalyptic books C) Daniel and other literature from the period D) Only the Book of Daniel
A) The Roman Senate B) The Greek philosophers C) The community of the Dead Sea Scrolls D) The Babylonian priesthood
A) The Scholastic movement B) The Renaissance C) The Reformation D) The Enlightenment
A) Purely random fiction B) A purely economic treatise C) Exact future prediction without hindsight D) Vaticinium ex eventu
A) From Persian to Greek rule B) From Greek to Roman rule C) From Median to Babylonian rule D) From Babylonian to Median rule
A) From Greek to Roman rule B) From Persian to Median rule C) From Babylonian to Median rule D) From Babylonian to Persian rule
A) A chronological genealogy B) A poetic meter C) An alphabetical acrostic D) A chiastic arrangement
A) Introduction B) Belshazzar's feast C) The fiery furnace D) Nebuchadnezzar's dream
A) Chapter 4 B) Chapter 3 C) Chapter 1 D) Chapter 2
A) Chapter 7 B) Chapter 5 C) Chapter 3 D) Chapter 1
A) Chapter 6 B) Chapter 2 C) Chapter 4 D) Chapter 8
A) Chapter 5 B) Chapter 3 C) Chapter 11 D) Chapter 9
A) Chapter 12 B) Chapter 4 C) Chapter 6 D) Chapter 2
A) Roman era B) Babylonian era C) Median era D) Greek era
A) The beasts from the sea B) The angel's revelation C) Interpretation of the seventy weeks' prophecy D) The ram and the he-goat
A) Greek era and Aramaic B) Persian era and Greek C) Median era and Hebrew D) Babylonian era and Aramaic
A) Daniel in the lions' den B) The beasts from the sea C) The fiery furnace D) The ram and the he-goat
A) Aramaic B) Hebrew C) Greek D) Latin
A) Belshazzar's feast B) Kings of the north and south C) Nebuchadnezzar's madness D) Interpretation of the seventy weeks' prophecy
A) The fiery furnace and madness B) Nebuchadnezzar's dream of four kingdoms C) The angel's revelation: kings of the north and south D) The court tales of the exiles
A) Babylonian era, with mention of Median era B) Median era, with mention of Persian era C) Persian era, with mention of Greek era D) Greek era, with mention of Roman era
A) Translations from an original Greek manuscript B) Direct transcriptions of royal Babylonian decrees C) Accidental historical errors by multiple authors D) Artificial literary devices designed to bind the two halves together
A) Solely domestic B) Local and provincial C) Strictly mythological D) Cosmic in scope
A) Sumerian epic poets B) Authors of the Platonic dialogues C) Roman historians of the Augustan age D) Authors of the canonical gospels and the Book of Revelation
A) A sonnet B) A chronological narrative C) A Greek tragedy D) A chiasm
A) Cyrus B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Paul Redditt D) Jehoiakim
A) ABBA fashion B) ABAB fashion C) ABCD fashion D) AABB fashion
A) The first year B) The seventh year C) The tenth year D) The third year
A) Cyrus B) Belshazzar C) Jehoiakim D) Nebuchadnezzar II
A) Forty days B) Seven years C) Ten days D) Three years
A) Tired and pale B) Sicker and weaker C) Healthier D) The exact same
A) Slightly better B) One hundred times better C) Ten times better D) Two times better
A) Death B) Loss of all property C) Imprisonment for life D) Banishment from Babylon
A) Silver B) Gold C) Bronze D) Iron
A) Silver B) Bronze C) Iron D) Gold
A) Bronze B) Iron C) Gold D) Silver
A) Mixed iron and clay B) Bronze C) Iron D) Gold
A) A fierce earthquake B) A rock that turned into a mountain C) A raging fire D) A massive flood
A) The kingdom of Persia B) The kingdom of the Medes C) Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom D) God's eternal kingdom
A) An army from the East B) God's kingdom C) Nebuchadnezzar's own army D) A natural disaster
A) A den of lions B) A fiery furnace C) A deep dungeon D) A muddy pit
A) An enormous statue made of metals B) Hungry lions in a dark pit C) A huge tree that is suddenly cut down D) A mysterious hand writing on a wall
A) Forty days B) Three years C) Seven years D) Thirty days
A) Building a new golden statue B) Realizing his own supreme power C) Acknowledging that heaven rules D) Defeating the Medes and Persians
A) An invasion by the lions B) A sudden fire in the furnace C) A mysterious hand writing upon the wall D) An earthquake shaking the palace
A) Daniel B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Cyrus the Great D) Darius the Mede
A) A fiery furnace B) The lions' den C) A deep well D) A prison cell
A) His kingdom shall never be destroyed B) He demands human sacrifices C) He is the god of the fiery furnace D) He rules only over the Medes
A) Darius B) Cyrus C) Belshazzar D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Darius B) Shadrach C) Belshazzar D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Four horns B) A single horn C) Two mighty horns D) Ten horns
A) Babylon B) Greece C) Jerusalem D) The Medes and Persians
A) The Ancient of Days B) Belshazzar C) Daniel D) A wicked king
A) Jeremiah B) Darius C) Belshazzar D) Gabriel
A) A lion B) A man C) An eagle D) A pillar of fire
A) Uriel B) Gabriel C) Michael D) Raphael
A) Greece B) Egypt C) Babylon D) Persia
A) A righteous ruler B) A contemptible person C) A wise king D) A merciful leader
A) Desecrate it B) Protect it C) Rebuild it D) Expand it
A) The temple taxes B) The annual feast C) The Sabbath laws D) The daily sacrifice
A) Mortal suffering B) Everlasting life C) Earthly riches D) Temporary sleep
A) Lightning B) The stars C) Comets D) The moon
A) The Orthodox movement B) The Catholic movement C) The Christian Protestant movement D) The Septuagint movement
A) 14 B) 10 C) 15 D) 12
A) Theodotion B) Seleucid C) Septuagint D) Old Greek
A) No B) Only in chapter 1 C) Yes D) Only in the earliest manuscripts
A) Ptolemy B) Alexander the Great C) Jason D) Antiochus IV Epiphanes
A) Daniel B) Azariah C) Jason D) Menelaus
A) Ptolemy B) Antiochus C) The Maccabees D) Menelaus
A) Once B) Twice C) Three times D) Four times
A) The Jews B) The Egyptians C) The Romans D) The Persians
A) Jason and Menelaus B) The Maccabee brothers C) The Roman senate D) The High Priests
A) Philosophical wisdom B) Mantic wisdom C) Agricultural wisdom D) Political wisdom
A) Only the second half B) Only the first half C) Yes D) No
A) Babylonian court archives B) Eyewitness accounts C) Legendary origin D) Strict historical records
A) Daniel himself B) Ezekiel C) King Nebuchadnezzar D) An anonymous narrator
A) Isaiah B) Zechariah C) Jeremiah D) Ezekiel
A) Exodus 1–15 B) Isaiah 40–55 C) Genesis 37–50 D) Genesis 1–11
A) The Romans B) The Jews C) The Persians D) The Babylonians
A) A palace in Syria B) A fortress built inside Jerusalem C) A temple built in Egypt D) A wall around Babylon
A) Its initial creation B) Its design C) Its reconstruction D) its location
A) Torah B) Pentateuch C) Nevi'im D) Ketuvim
A) Writings B) Histories C) Law D) Prophets
A) Sibylline Oracles B) Wisdom of Sirach C) The Nevi'im D) The Torah
A) Rome B) Alexandria C) Babylon D) Qumran
A) 5 B) 3 C) 12 D) 8 |