Amos 5 Quiz

This quiz is based on Amos chapter 5 (NIV). All questions are compulsory and should be answered before submission. NB: You may log in to save points and track your performance.

1. An Israeli city that sends an army of 1000 to battle would have its army reduced to what?

500

100

10

200

2. What were the Israelites cautioned to do so that they would live?

They were cautioned to expel the prophets of Baal.

They were cautioned to seek good, not evil.

They were cautioned to cast out the false teachers.

They were cautioned to reunite with the Kingdom of Judah.

3. Why do the prudent keep quiet during those times?

They did so because they were ignorant.

They did so because they were disgruntled.

They did so because they were afraid.

They did so because the times were evil.

4. Because of the sins of the Israelites, though they had planted vineyards,                           .

they would not enjoy their honey

they would not eat their grains

they would not rest under their shades

they would not drink their wine

5. Why would God deny the people from enjoying the beautiful stone houses they had built?

It is because they had made a pact with Babylon.

It is because they trample the poor.

It is because they had destroyed the Lord's altar.

It is because they had forsaken God's law.

It is because they stole from the poor their grain through taxes and unfair rent.

6. What benefits do people get from their vineyards?

They were able to collect salt from their vineyards.

They use for religious purposes.

They use the fruits from vineyards to make wine.

They get firewood from the vineyards.

7. What offenses have the Israelites committed?

They have allied with Babylon and made peace with Assyria.

They hate those who upholds justice in court and detest those who tell the truth.

They have forsaked the city of the Lord and His holy sanctuary.

They levy a straw tax on the poor and impose a tax on their grain.

They have killed the priest of God most high and cast away those who prophesy righteousness.

They turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground.

They have burned the books of the law and speak hashly about the Lord.

They oppress the innocent, take bribes, and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.

8. What would be the consequence if Israel refused to seek God?

The Lord would strip them of the land He gave them.

They would not find rest on the land of Canaan.

God would unleash fire upon them to devour them.

They would be struck by plagues of all kinds.

9. What must the people do to find life?

They should seek the Lord.

They should escape from their cities.

They should destroy their idols.

They should bring their tithes and offerings to the holy sanctuary.

10. Which city would be reduced to nothing?

Gilgal

Beersheba

Bethel

Jericho

11. Which cities would go into exile?

Tirzah

Bethel

Beersheba

Gilgal

12. A town that sends an army of 100 men to battle would have its army reduced to what?

10

50

21

7

13. On what occasion would the Lord be with Israel?

When they break their alliance with Assyria.

When they commit the law of the Lord to memory.

When they seek good, not evil.

When they call upon His name.

14. What were the Israelites told to do so that God would have mercy on them?

Maintain justice in the courts

Forgive offenders

Hate evil

Love good

Banish the idol worshipper

Cleanse themselves of evil

15. What would follow the event of God passing through their midst?

Their crops would go up in smoke.

There would be wailing in all the streets and cries of anguish in every public square.

The land would cave in in a terrible earthquake.

There would be wailing in all the vineyards.

Flood waters would destroy the cities and towns.

The farmers would be summoned to weep and the mourners to wail.

Locusts would cover consume all the vegetation.

16. Who were cautioned with 'woe'?

Those who accuse others falsely

Those who long for the day of the Lord

Those who betray the prophets

Those who teach falsely

17. The day of the Lord was likened to what?

It would be like a man fell into a pit and there was no means of escape.

It would be a day of salvation to the house of Israel and Judah

It would be like a child swept away in a flood.

It would be like a horse which tripped over into a casm.

It would be like a mouse caught between a cat and a wolf.

It would be like a man entered his house and rested his hand on the wall only to have a snake bite him.

It would be like a man fled from a lion only to meet a bear.

18. The day of the Lord would be                                    .

scorching

light

long

darkness

19. What did God despise about the Israelites?

Their religious festivals

Their thoughts

Their arrogance

Their utterance

20. What about the Israelites was a stench to God?

Their prayers

Their assemblies

Their arrogance

Their carved images

21. What did God say He would no longer accept from the people of Israel?

Their prayers and petitions

Their feast days

Their burnt offerings and grain offerings

Their pleas

22. What thing did God say He would no longer regard, even if the Israelites brought it to Him?

Their choice fellowship offerings

Their harvest offerings

Their burnt offerings and grain offerings

Their praises and thanksgiving

23. What did God say the Israelites should take off His presence?

Their choice fellowship offerings

Their petitions

The noise of their songs

Their praises and worship

24. What did God say He would not listen any longer?

The music of their harps

Their cry for help

Their praises and adoration

The noise of their songs

25. God commanded that the Israelites should let justice roll like what?

A wheel

A crystal ball

A boulder

A river

26. The Lord commanded that the Israelites should let righteousness roll like what?

A never-failing stream

A crystal ball

The waves

The river Euphrates

27. During the 40 days in the wilderness, the Israelites did not                                   .

sin against God

bring sacrifices to the Lord

suffer a plague

encounter enemies

28. What did the people lift up in reverence?

The altar of the Lord

The observance of the law

The shrine of their king

The pedestal of their idols

The idolatry of the nations

The star of their god

The traditions of their fathers

29. Why would the Lord send the Israelites into exile?

It is because they did not seek peace but war.

It is because they had lifted up the observance of the law.

It is because they had lifted up the shrine of their king.

It is because they had lifted up the pedestal of their idols.

It is because they had made alliances with the nations which the Lord commanded them to destroy.

It is because they have lifted up the traditions of their fathers.

It is because they have lifted up the star of their god.

30. The Israelites would go into exile beyond                           .

Assyria

Babylon

Damascus

Jerusalem

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