Amos 1 Quiz

This quiz is based on Amos chapter 1 (NIV). All questions are compulsory and should be answered before submission. NB: You may log in to save points and track your performance.

1. What was Amos' profession?

Teacher

Mason

Carpenter

Shepherd

2. Who was king of Judah at the time Amos saw his vision?

King Jehoash

King Asa

King Uzziah

King Amaziah

3. Who was king of Israel at the time Amos saw his vision?

King Jeroboam II

King Ahab

King Jehu

King Elah

4. When did Amos see his visions?

Two years before the earthquake

In the ten year of King Asa's reign

In the last year of King Jehu's reign

When he was twenty-one years old

5. When the Lord roars from Zion and thunders from Jerusalem, what becomes of the shepherds' pastures?

They are set on fire.

They dry up.

They turn to stones.

They are no more.

6. When the Lord roars from Zion and thunders from Jerusalem, what becomes of the top of Mount Carmel?

It erupts.

It withers.

It colapses.

it burns.

7. What was the sin of Damascus for which God would punish them?

They profaned the Lord's temple in Jerusalem.

They shed the blood of the prophets.

They did many human sacrifices in the Hinnom Valley.

They threshed Gilead with sledges having iron teeth.

8. What did God threaten to do to the house of Hazael and the fortresses of Ben-Hadad?

He would turn their inhabitants against one another.

He would cause a terrible hail to fall on them.

He would send fire to consume them.

He would send an earthquake to destroy them.

9. What did God threaten to do to the gate of Damascus?

He threatened to remove it.

He threatened to break it.

He threatened to cut it into pieces.

He threatened to close it forever.

10. Which king of Aram did God threaten to destroy?

The king of the Valley of Aven

The king of the fertiles plains

The king of the hill of Damascus

The king of Moriah

11. Where would the people of Aram be exiled to?

Persia

Greece

Kir

Nubia

12. Why would God not relent from punishing Damascus and Gaza?

It is because they looted the Lord's temple in Jerusalem.

It is because they were worse than their neighbors.

It is because they were heathens.

It is because they have sinned many times.

13. Which of these cities belongs to Ammon?

Rabbah

Bozrah

Teman

Ashkelon

14. For what sin would God punish Gaza?

He would punish them for taking captive whole communities and selling them to Edom.

He would punish them for being more evil than Israel.

He would punish them for their idolatry.

He would punish them for cursing the people of God on their idol altars.

15. What did God threaten to do to Gaza as punishment for their sins?

He would thrown them into confusion before their enemies.

He would banish them to the far east.

He would send fire on the walls of Gaza that will consume her fortresses.

He would send them as exiles to Ethiopia.

16. Which Philistine king did God threaten to destroy?

The king of Goshen

The king of Gath

The king of Ashdod

The king of Nod

The king of Ashkelon

17. Which Philistine cities were under God's judgment according to the prophecy?

Gath

Ekron

Ashkelon

Thebes

Goshen

Ashdod

18. God threatened to turn His hands against                         .

Gath

Ekron

Goshen

Thebes

19. Why would God not spare Tyre?

It is because they persecuted the prophets who were fleeing from war.

It is because they have sinned many times.

It is because they hate Israel more than the other nations.

It is because they profaned the Lord's altar with human blood.

20. What was Tyre's offense for which they would be punished by God?

They persecuted the prophets of God who sought refuge in their cities.

They burned Jerusalem and the house of the Lord.

They were in league with Babylon.

They disregarded a treaty of brotherhood, took whole Israeli communities captive, and sold them to Edom.

21. How would God destroy Tyre for its sins?

He would send wild beast into their midst.

He would turn its citizens against one another.

He would burn it.

He would flood it with the waters of the Euphrates.

22. Why would God punish Edom and Ammon?

It is because they have sinned many times.

It is because they have sinned more than any nation.

It is because their king refused to acknowledge the soveignty of God.

It is because they have sinned a few times.

23. What was the offense of Edom for which God would punish them?

They pursued the Israelities with swords and slaughtered the Israeli women.

They took captive whole communities and sold them to Edom.

They cursed the temple of Solomon, disregarding a treaty of brotherhood.

They were in league with Babylon to destroy the nations.

24. Edom's hideous offense was fuelled by what?

Jealousy

Anger and fury

Love for money

Lust for power

25. How would God destroy Edom for its sins?

He would turn their king against the citizens.

He would destroy them with a flood.

He would destroy them with a severe draught.

He would destroy them with fire.

26. What was the offense of Ammon for which God would punish them?

They ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to extend their borders.

They took captive whole communities and sold them to Edom.

They disregarded a treaty of brotherhood.

They pursued Israel with a sword and slaughtered the children of the land.

27. What caused the Ammonites to commit a grievous offense against their Israeli neighbors?

They were betrayed by Israel.

They were provoked by Israel.

They were envious of Israel.

They wanted to extend their territory.

28. How would God punish Ammon?

He would strike them with thunder and lightning.

He would send venomous snakes against them.

He would destroy them with fire during a battle and a stormy day.

He would send hornets against them to drive them out of their habitation.

29. Which of these are the cities of Edom?

Zion

Teman

Gaza

Bozrah

Rabbah

30. How would God punish the king of Ammon and his officials?

They would be dethroned shamefully.

They would die in battle.

They would be plagued with incurable diseases.

They would go into exile.

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