1. Which Persian king issued the proclamation allowing the Jews to return and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem?

 Artaxerxes
 Cyrus
 Darius
 Xerxes

Clue: Ezra 1:1-4

2. Who brought out the vessels of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem?

 Sheshbazzar
 Zerubbabel
 Ezra
 Jeshua

Clue: Ezra 1:7-11

3. What was the total number of the congregation that returned from exile, aside from servants and singers?

 24,000
 42,360
 70,000
 12,000

Clue: Ezra 2:64

4. What did Jeshua and Zerubbabel build first when the returned exiles gathered in Jerusalem?

 The city wall
 The king’s palace
 The altar of the God of Israel
 The temple foundation

Clue: Ezra 3:1-3

5. Who encouraged Zerubbabel and Jeshua to resume rebuilding the temple?

 Elijah and Elisha
 Haggai and Zechariah
 Ezra and Nehemiah
 Mordecai and Esther

Clue: Ezra 5:1-2; Ezra 6:14

6. Under which Persian king was the temple finished?

 Cyrus
 Ahasuerus
 Darius
 Artaxerxes

Clue: Ezra 6:14-15

7. How is Ezra described when he came up from Babylon?

 A mighty warrior
 A skillful musician
 A ready scribe in the Law of Moses
 A governor over Judah

Clue: Ezra 7:6

8. What did King Artaxerxes permit Ezra to do in Jerusalem and Judah?

 Collect an army for battle
 Appoint magistrates and judges according to the law of God
 Build a new palace
 Move the capital to Samaria

Clue: Ezra 7:25-26

9. What did Ezra do when he heard that the people of Israel had intermarried with the peoples of the lands?

 He left Jerusalem immediately
 He offered a burnt offering at once
 He tore his garment and mantle and pulled hair from his head and beard
 He imprisoned the offenders

Clue: Ezra 9:1-4

10. Who proposed that the returned exiles make a covenant with God to put away their foreign wives?

 Shecaniah
 Nehemiah
 Mordecai
 Hanani

Clue: Ezra 10:2-3