Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy

Return to Jerusalem -- Ezra/Nehemiah

Peter Combes – November 26, 2000

(The answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above")

 

  1. After the exile, the first to set up an altar on Mount Zion was::
  1. Zerubbaal
  2. Daniel
  3. Ezra
  4. Nehemiah
2.    Zerubbaal was:
  1. one of the king's ministers
  2. one of the king's bodyguard
  3. a priest
  4. the king's cupbearer
3.    The rebuilding of the temple was:
  1. supported by the local inhabitants
  2. opposed by the local inhabitants
  3. done by two people
  4. stopped by King Ataxerxes
4.     Ezra was:
  1. one of the king's ministers
  2. one of the king's bodyguard
  3. a priest
  4. the king's cupbearer
5.    When Daniel was asked to look for the rebuilding permit for the temple:
  1. it was found in the government archives
  2. it was found at the king's summer palace
  3. it was rewritten
  4. it was never found

6.      Nehemiah was:

  1. one of the king's ministers
  2. one of the king's bodyguard
  3. a priest
  4. the king's cupbearer
7.    Nehemiah and his men rebuilt the walls:
  1. surrounded by a bodyguard
  2. surrounded by priests
  3. with a tool in one hand and a weapon in the other
  4. in the same clothes
8.   When Ezra and the people read the words of the law, they:
  1. celebrated passover
  2. celebrated the Feast of Booths
  3. celebrated the New Year
  4. celebrated the Day of Atonement
9.   Nehemiah:
  1. locked the city gates for the Sabbath
  2. opened the city gates for the Sabbath
  3. became a priest
  4. became king
10.  Ezra and his helpers:
  1. built a new palace
  2. rewrote the Old Testament
  3. defeated the Egyptians
  4. took Beersheba