50 Bible Trivia Questions About Queen Esther

An orphan who became queen of Persia and risked her life to save her people. These questions cover Esther, Mordecai, Haman and the feast of Purim.

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Easy questions

  1. Question 1Easy

    What did the king hold out to Esther to spare her life when she approached uninvited?

    Answer: A. A golden scepterEsther 5:2
    And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
  2. Question 2Easy

    In the book of Esther, King Ahasuerus's decree allowed the Jews to destroy, kill, and annihilate any armed force that attacked them.

    Answer: TrueEsther 8:11
    Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
  3. Question 3Easy

    On what was Haman executed?

    Answer: B. The gallows he built for MordecaiEsther 7:10
    So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
  4. Question 4Easy

    The events of the book of Esther take place within which great ancient empire?

    Answer: D. PersiaEsther 1:1
    Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
  5. Question 5Easy

    What was Esther's original Hebrew name?

    Answer: A. HadassahEsther 2:7
    And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
  6. Question 6Easy

    Who plotted to destroy all the Jews in the Persian empire?

    Answer: D. HamanEsther 3:5-6
    And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
  7. Question 7Easy

    Why was Haman enraged at Mordecai?

    Answer: D. Because Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honorEsther 3:2
    And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.
  8. Question 8Easy

    Zeresh told Haman that if Mordecai was of Jewish origin, Haman would not overcome him but would surely fall before him.

    Answer: TrueEsther 6:13
    And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
  9. Question 9Easy

    King Ahasuerus promised Esther up to half the kingdom if she asked for it.

    Answer: TrueEsther 5:3
    Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
  10. Question 10Easy

    What did King Xerxes give Queen Esther on the same day Haman died?

    Answer: C. The estate of HamanEsther 8:1
    On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
  11. Question 11Easy

    Queen Vashti was banished for refusing to appear before the king at his banquet.

    Answer: TrueEsther 1:12-19
    But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him. Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment: And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the …
  12. Question 12Easy

    Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the palace.

    Answer: TrueEsther 5:1
    Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
  13. Question 13Easy

    What happened to Haman at Esther's second banquet?

    Answer: C. He was exposed as the enemy and condemnedEsther 7:6
    And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
  14. Question 14Easy

    What did Queen Vashti do when the king commanded her to come before him wearing her royal crown?

    Answer: D. She refused to comeEsther 1:12
    But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
  15. Question 15Easy

    Haman left the first banquet happy and in high spirits, but became enraged when he saw Mordecai.

    Answer: TrueEsther 5:9
    Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.

Medium questions

  1. Question 16Medium

    Mordecai warned Esther that if she remained silent, relief and deliverance would arise from another place, but she and her father's family would perish.

    Answer: TrueEsther 4:14
    For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
  2. Question 17Medium

    What famous statement did Esther make about going to the king uninvited?

    Answer: D. If I perish, I perishEsther 4:16
    Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
  3. Question 18Medium

    What position did Mordecai attain in the Persian Empire?

    Answer: D. Second in rank to King XerxesEsther 10:3
    For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
  4. Question 19Medium

    What did Esther ask King Ahasuerus to do to counter Haman's scheme?

    Answer: D. Issue a decree to revoke the letters Haman wroteEsther 8:5
    And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:
  5. Question 20Medium

    In the book of Esther, what was the penalty for entering the king's inner court without being summoned?

    Answer: C. Death, unless the king holds out the golden scepterEsther 4:11
    All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
  6. Question 21Medium

    The name Purim comes from the word 'pur', meaning 'lot'.

    Answer: TrueEsther 9:26
    Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
  7. Question 22Medium

    In the book of Esther, what did King Ahasuerus give Haman to signify his authority?

    Answer: D. His signet ringEsther 3:10
    And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
  8. Question 23Medium

    From which tribe was Mordecai?

    Answer: C. BenjaminEsther 2:5
    Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
  9. Question 24Medium

    In the book of Esther, who was the king's eunuch in charge of the women?

    Answer: A. HegaiEsther 2:8
    So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
  10. Question 25Medium

    How did King Ahasuerus honor Esther when he loved her more than all the other women?

    Answer: C. Set the royal crown on her head and made her queenEsther 2:17
    And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
  11. Question 26Medium

    Mordecai found out about the plot to kill the king and told Queen Esther, who reported it to the king.

    Answer: TrueEsther 2:22
    And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name.
  12. Question 27Medium

    Who entered the court just as the king was deciding how to honor Mordecai?

    Answer: A. HamanEsther 6:6
    So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?
  13. Question 28Medium

    What did Haman have to do for Mordecai?

    Answer: D. Robe him, put him on the king's horse, and lead him through the city streets proclaiming his honorEsther 6:11
    Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
  14. Question 29Medium

    Where did Haman go after leading Mordecai through the city?

    Answer: B. He rushed home, with his head covered in griefEsther 6:12
    And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
  15. Question 30Medium

    In the book of Esther, many people of other nationalities became Jews because fear of the Jews had seized them.

    Answer: TrueEsther 8:17
    And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
  16. Question 31Medium

    Esther said she would have remained silent if her people had merely been...

    Answer: C. Sold as male and female slavesEsther 7:4
    For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
  17. Question 32Medium

    In the book of Esther, what came to the Jews after Mordecai's decree was issued?

    Answer: C. Light, gladness, joy, and honorEsther 8:16
    The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
  18. Question 33Medium

    Why did Haman stay behind after the king got up in a rage?

    Answer: B. To beg Queen Esther for his lifeEsther 7:7
    And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
  19. Question 34Medium

    What did Mordecai do every day while Esther was in the harem?

    Answer: A. Walked back and forth near the courtyard of the harem to find out how she wasEsther 2:11
    And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
  20. Question 35Medium

    At the second banquet, what was Esther's petition to King Ahasuerus?

    Answer: C. Grant me my life and spare my peopleEsther 7:3
    Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:

Hard questions

  1. Question 36Hard

    Which eunuch pointed out the gallows Haman had prepared for Mordecai?

    Answer: A. HarbonaEsther 7:9
    And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
  2. Question 37Hard

    Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate when he overheard the plot against King Ahasuerus.

    Answer: TrueEsther 2:21-22
    In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name.
  3. Question 38Hard

    In the book of Esther, when was the new decree written that allowed the Jews to defend themselves?

    Answer: C. The 23rd day of the third month (Sivan)Esther 8:9
    Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto …
  4. Question 39Hard

    What did Zeresh advise Haman to build?

    Answer: C. A gallows 50 cubits high for MordecaiEsther 5:14
    Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
  5. Question 40Hard

    Which of these men was NOT one of Haman's ten sons?

    Answer: A. MemucanEsther 9:7-10
    And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha, The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.
  6. Question 41Hard

    In the book of Esther, could King Xerxes revoke his original decree to kill the Jews?

    Answer: D. No, but he issued a new decree allowing them to defend themselvesEsther 8:8
    Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
  7. Question 42Hard

    What happened to the ten sons of Haman after they were killed?

    Answer: D. They were hanged (impaled) on the gallowsEsther 9:14
    And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
  8. Question 43Hard

    During the time of Esther, how many of their enemies did the Jews living in the king's provinces kill?

    Answer: D. 75,000Esther 9:16
    But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
  9. Question 44Hard

    What condition was King Ahasuerus in when he commanded Queen Vashti to appear before him?

    Answer: A. He was in high spirits from wineEsther 1:10
    On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
  10. Question 45Hard

    What did Memucan say Queen Vashti's behavior would cause?

    Answer: C. All the women of the empire would despise their husbandsEsther 1:16-17
    And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus. For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in …
  11. Question 46Hard

    Where did King Xerxes impose tribute?

    Answer: C. Throughout the empire, to its distant shoresEsther 10:1
    And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
  12. Question 47Hard

    In what year of his reign did Xerxes give a banquet for all his nobles and officials?

    Answer: D. Third yearEsther 1:3
    In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
  13. Question 48Hard

    In the book of Esther, why did the rural Jews celebrate on the 14th of Adar while those in Susa celebrated on the 15th?

    Answer: B. Because the fighting in Susa lasted an extra day (two days)Esther 9:17-19
    On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made …
  14. Question 49Hard

    How many men did the Jews kill in the citadel of Susa on the first day?

    Answer: C. 500Esther 9:6
    And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
  15. Question 50Hard

    During King Ahasuerus's banquet in Susa, what were the garden hangings made of?

    Answer: D. White and blue linenEsther 1:6
    Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.

Answer key

  1. A. A golden scepter (Esther 5:2)
  2. True (Esther 8:11)
  3. B. The gallows he built for Mordecai (Esther 7:10)
  4. D. Persia (Esther 1:1)
  5. A. Hadassah (Esther 2:7)
  6. D. Haman (Esther 3:5-6)
  7. D. Because Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor (Esther 3:2)
  8. True (Esther 6:13)
  9. True (Esther 5:3)
  10. C. The estate of Haman (Esther 8:1)
  11. True (Esther 1:12-19)
  12. True (Esther 5:1)
  13. C. He was exposed as the enemy and condemned (Esther 7:6)
  14. D. She refused to come (Esther 1:12)
  15. True (Esther 5:9)
  16. True (Esther 4:14)
  17. D. If I perish, I perish (Esther 4:16)
  18. D. Second in rank to King Xerxes (Esther 10:3)
  19. D. Issue a decree to revoke the letters Haman wrote (Esther 8:5)
  20. C. Death, unless the king holds out the golden scepter (Esther 4:11)
  21. True (Esther 9:26)
  22. D. His signet ring (Esther 3:10)
  23. C. Benjamin (Esther 2:5)
  24. A. Hegai (Esther 2:8)
  25. C. Set the royal crown on her head and made her queen (Esther 2:17)
  26. True (Esther 2:22)
  27. A. Haman (Esther 6:6)
  28. D. Robe him, put him on the king's horse, and lead him through the city streets proclaiming his honor (Esther 6:11)
  29. B. He rushed home, with his head covered in grief (Esther 6:12)
  30. True (Esther 8:17)
  31. C. Sold as male and female slaves (Esther 7:4)
  32. C. Light, gladness, joy, and honor (Esther 8:16)
  33. B. To beg Queen Esther for his life (Esther 7:7)
  34. A. Walked back and forth near the courtyard of the harem to find out how she was (Esther 2:11)
  35. C. Grant me my life and spare my people (Esther 7:3)
  36. A. Harbona (Esther 7:9)
  37. True (Esther 2:21-22)
  38. C. The 23rd day of the third month (Sivan) (Esther 8:9)
  39. C. A gallows 50 cubits high for Mordecai (Esther 5:14)
  40. A. Memucan (Esther 9:7-10)
  41. D. No, but he issued a new decree allowing them to defend themselves (Esther 8:8)
  42. D. They were hanged (impaled) on the gallows (Esther 9:14)
  43. D. 75,000 (Esther 9:16)
  44. A. He was in high spirits from wine (Esther 1:10)
  45. C. All the women of the empire would despise their husbands (Esther 1:16-17)
  46. C. Throughout the empire, to its distant shores (Esther 10:1)
  47. D. Third year (Esther 1:3)
  48. B. Because the fighting in Susa lasted an extra day (two days) (Esther 9:17-19)
  49. C. 500 (Esther 9:6)
  50. D. White and blue linen (Esther 1:6)
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Who was Esther?

Esther was a Jewish orphan raised by her cousin Mordecai in Shushan, the royal city of Persia. Her Hebrew name was Hadassah (Esther 2:7). When King Ahasuerus removed Queen Vashti, Esther was chosen from among many young women and made queen, though at Mordecai's instruction she did not reveal her people.

The king's official Haman, angry that Mordecai would not bow to him, plotted to destroy all the Jews in the empire. Mordecai urged Esther to speak up, asking whether she had come to the kingdom for such a time as this (Esther 4:14). Esther fasted, then risked her life by going to the king uninvited, saying, "if I perish, I perish" (Esther 4:16). At a banquet she exposed Haman's plot, and he was hanged on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai (Esther 7:10). The Jews celebrated their deliverance with the feast of Purim.

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