Haggai Multiple Choice Questions [NIV based]
B=Beginning,
I=Intermediate; A= Advanced
By Ted Hildebrandt
biblicalelearning.org (BeL)
Haggai 1 Multiple Choice Questions
1. In the second year of who’s reign did the word of the Lord come through Haggai (Hag 1:1)?
A. Cyrus
B. Nebuchadnezzar
C. Xerxes
D. Darius
D:B:Hg:1
2. To whom did the word of the Lord come through Haggai (Hag 1:1)?
A. Ezra and Nehemiah
B. Zerubbabel and Joshua
C. Sanballat and Tobiah
D. Cyrus and Darius
B:B:Hg:1
3. Who was the governor of Judah during the prophecy of Haggai (Hag 1:1)?
A. Zerubbabel
B. Joshua
C. Nehemiah
D. Ezra
A:B:Hg:1
4. Who was the high priest during the prophecy of Haggai (Hag 1:1)?
A. Zerubbabel
B. Joshua
C. Nehemiah
D. Ezra
B:B:Hg:1
5. What do the people say (Hag 1:2)?
A. It is time to build the Lord’s house
B. It is not time to build the Lord’s house
C. It is time to build the walls of Jerusalem
D. It is not time to build the walls of Jerusalem
B:B:Hg:1
6. How does God describe their homes (Hag 1:4)?
A. Houses of cut stone
B. Secure homes
C. Paneled houses
D. Ivory covered houses
C:B:Hg:1
7. Why did the Lord object to their living in paneled houses (Hag 1:4)?
A. Because the Lord’s house was in ruins
B. Because the poor had no homes
C. Because their brothers were still enslaved
D. Because the walls had not been rebuilt
A:B:Hg:1
8. How have they planted and harvested (Hag 1:6)?
A. They have planted little and harvested the whirlwind
B. They have planted much and harvested little
C. They have not planted and yet harvested much
D. They have planted choice vines but harvested sour grapes
B:B:Hg:1
9. What happens when they put on clothes (Hag 1:6)?
A. It does not cover their shame
B. They are made of sackcloth
C. They are not warm
D. They have no linen
C:I:Hg:1
10. What happens when they earn wages (Hag 1:6)?
A. They bury it in the ground
B. The wages are blown away by the wind
C. They are taken by their neighbors
D. They put it in a purse with holes in it
D:B:Hg:1
11. Because they eat and never have enough what does the Lord exhort them to do (Hag 1:5, 7)?
A. Give careful thought to their ways
B. Turn to him
C. Confess their sins
D. Give up their foreign gods and return to the Lord
A:B:Hg:1
12. What does the Lord direct them to do in the mountains (Hag 1:8)?
A. Get stones for his house
B. Get timber for his house
C. Get gold and silver for his house
D. Offer sacrifices to him on the high places
B:I:Hg:1
13. What will the Lord’s response be to their building of his house (Hag 1:8)?
A. He will receive their sacrifices and offerings
B. He will rejoice over their festivals
C. He will take pleasure in it and be honored
D. He will enter the temple and bless his people
C:I:Hg:1
14. What had they expected (Hag 1:9)?
A. The Lord’s presence among his people but he did not come
B. Many blessings but none came
C. Prosperity and peace instead poverty and war prevailed
D. Much but it turned out to be little
D:B:Hg:1
15. What did the Lord do to what they brought home (Hag 1:9)?
A. He blew it away
B. He washed it away
C. It withered away
D. It was taken as plunder
A:I:Hg:1
16. What are they doing while the Lord’s house lies in ruins (Hag 1:9)?
A. Buying and selling and getting gain
B. Each is busy with his own house
C. They are rebuilding the city walls
D. They are sleeping in luxury
B:B:Hg:1
17. Because they were each busy with their own houses what was withheld from them (Hag 1:10)?
A. The latter rains
B. The warmth of the sun
C. The dew
D. The early rains
C:I:Hg:1
18. The Lord called for a drought on all of the following EXCEPT (Hag 1:11)
A. Grain
B. New wine
C. The oil
D. Figs
D:I:Hg:1
19. What was the remnant’s response to the message of Haggai the prophet (Hag 1:12)?
A. They rebelled
B. They would not listen
C. They obeyed
D. They attacked
C:B:Hg:1
20. What was the people’s response to the voice of the Lord and the message of Haggai (Hag 1:12)?
A. They rejected the Lord
B. They feared the Lord
C. They turned from the Lord
D. They worshipped the Lord
B:B:Hg:1
21. What was Haggai called (Hag 1:13)?
A. The Lord’s messenger
B. The servant of the Lord
C. The seer of Israel
D. The anointed one of the Lord
A:B:Hg:1
22. What message did Haggai give to the people who had obeyed the Lord (Hag 1:13)?
A. I will bless and keep you
B. I am with you
C. I will be gracious unto you
D. I will deliver you
B:B:Hg:1
23. The spirit of all of the following were stirred up by the Lord EXCEPT (Hag 1:14)
A. Zerubbabel
B. Joshua
C. The elders of Israel
D. The whole remnant of the people
C:I:Hg:1
24. Who was Zerubbabel the son of (Hag 1:14)?
A. Sanballat
B. Tobiah
C. Jehozadak
D. Shealtiel
D:I:Hg:1
25. Who was Joshua the son of (Hag 1:14)?
A. Sanballat
B. Tobiah
C. Jehozadak
D. Shealtiel
C:I:Hg:1
26. What did the remnant begin to work on (Hag 1:14)?
A. The walls of the city
B. The house of the Lord
C. Laying the foundation of the palace
D. Rebuilding the city gates
B:B:Hg:1
27. When did the remnant begin building the temple of the Lord (Hag 1:15)?
A. 24th day of the sixth month of the second year of Darius
B. 10th day of the third month of the fifth year of Darius
C. 18th day of the second month of the third year of Darius
D. The 7th day of the seventh month of the first year of Darius
A:I:Hg:1
Haggai 2
1. When did the Lord come to Haggai and tell him to ask “who of you is left who saw this house in its former glory” (Hag 2:1)?
A. 2nd day of the 10th month
B. 21st day of the 7th month
C. 14th day of the 5th month
D. 10th day of the 3rd month
B:A:Hg:2
2. Haggai was told to address all of the following about the former temple EXCEPT (Hag 2:2)?
A. Zerubbabel the governor
B. The priests
C. Joshua the high priest
D. The remnant of the people
B:B:Hg:2
3. How did the new temple look to the Lord compared to the old (Hag 2:3)?
A. Like a small temple
B. Like a shadow of the former temple
C. Like nothing
D. Like the former temple
C:B:Hg:2
4. After pointing out that the new temple looked like nothing what did God say to Joshua the high priest (Hag 2:4)?
A. You should be ashamed
B. Weep and put on sackcloth
C. Rejoice and be glad
D. Be strong
D:B:Hg:2
5. What did God say remains among them (Hag 2:5)?
A. The glory of the Lord
B. His Spirit
C. His name
D. His word
B:B:Hg:2
6. What did God say he would do in a little while (Hag 2:6)?
A. Shake the heavens and the earth
B. Send his Spirit into the house they had made
C. Cause the pillars of this temple to tremble
D. Let his holy cloud descend on this house
A:I:Hg:2
7. What did the Lord say would come to the temple after he shook all nations (Hag 2:7)?
A. His Spirit
B. His blessed Son
C. His dark cloud
D. The desired of all nations
D:B:Hg:2
8. With what did the Lord say he would fill this house (Hag 2:7)?
A. His holiness
B. His Spirit
C. His glory
D. His love
C:B:Hg:2
9. What did the Lord say was his (Hag 2:8)?
A. The silver and the gold
B. The people
C. The priests and prophets
D. The remnant of the people
A:I:Hg:2
10. God said that the glory of this house would be greater than _____ (Hag 2:9)?
A. The glory cloud on Mount Sinai
B. The glory of the former house
C. The glory of the heavens
D. The glory of his heavenly throne
B:B:Hg:2
11. What did God say he would grant in this temple (Hag 2:9)?
A. Forgiveness
B. Mercy
C. Peace
D. Justice like a river
C:B:Hg:2
12. What did the Lord ask the priests about (Hag 2:10ff)?
A. If a person pulled a sheep out of a pit on the Sabbath would it be consecrated to the Lord
B. If one came out of the holy place and touched bread or oil would it be consecrated
C. If the high priest sacrificed a lamb on Passover would the blood consecrate that priest to the Lord
D. If consecrated meat in a person’s garment touched bread or wine would it be consecrated
D:B:Hg:2
13. Who did the Lord ask about consecrated meat touching some bread or oil (Hag 2:11f)?
A. Some priests
B. Some prophets
C. The elders
D. The chiefs of the clans
A:B:Hg:2
14. How can bread or oil become defiled according to Haggai 2 (Hag 2:13)?
A. If a person with leprosy touches it
B. If a person who has been defiled by touching a dead person touches it
C. If a person who has eaten defiled meat touches it
D. If a person who is a Nazirite and touched any leaven touches it
B:B:Hg:2
15. What did the Lord through Haggai say was defiled (Hag 2:14)?
A. The unclean water
B. The holy bread
C. Whatever they offer there
D. The blood of the sacrifices
C:B:Hg:2
16. When did God point out one went to the wine vat to draw fifty measures but found only twenty (Hag 2:15f)?
A. Before they dug the foundation of the house of the Lord
B. Before the gates of the temple were set
C. Before one sacrifice had been offered in the Lord’s temple
D. Before one stone was laid on another in the Lord’s temple
D:B:Hg:2
17. What did they not do even though the Lord struck them with blight and mildew (Hag 2:17)?
A. Turn to the Lord
B. Confess their sins
C. Begin to rebuild the temple
D. Cry out to the Lord for help
A:B:Hg:2
18. What will the Lord do from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month (Hag 2:19)?
A. Shut up the skies
B. Bless them
C. Forgive them
D. Welcome them into his presence
B:B:Hg:2
19. The Lord had struck the work of their hands with all of the following EXCEPT (Hag 2:17)
A. Blight
B. Mildew
C. Drought
D. Hail
C:I:Hg:2
20. What happened on the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month (Hag 2:18)?
A. They offered their first sacrifice to the Lord
B. They consecrated the temple
C. They donated money for the building of the temple
D. They laid the foundation for the temple
D:B:Hg:2
21. Until the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month all of the following had not borne fruit EXCEPT (Hag 2:19)
A. The vine
B. The fig tree
C. The olive tree
D. The sycamore tree
E. The pomegranate tree
D:I:Hg:2
22. The Lord told Haggai to tell Zerubbabel he would do all of the following EXCEPT (Hag 2:21)
A. Overturn royal thrones
B. Shatter the power of foreign kingdoms
C. Destroy the shields of the invaders
D. Overthrow chariots and their drivers
C:I:Hg:2
23. What does God say he will shatter (Hag 2:22)?
A. The power of foreign kingdoms
B. The heavens and earth
C. Royal thrones
D. The temples of foreign gods
A:I:Hg:2
24. What does God say he will overturn (Hag 2:22)?
A. The gates of the wicked
B. The mountains
C. Royal thrones
D. The temples of foreign gods
C:I:Hg:2
25. How will horses and their riders fall (Hag 2:22)?
A. By an iron rod
B. By the sword of his brother
C. Into a deep pit
D. On rocks
B:I:Hg:2
26. Who will the Lord make like a signet ring God has chosen (Hag 2:23)?
A. Haggai
B. Joshua
C. Zerubbabel
D. Darius
C:B:Hg:2
27. What will the Lord make Zerubbabel like (Hag 2:23)?
A. A sword
B. A strong tower
C. A purple robe
D. A signet ring
D:B:Hg:2
28. What was the Lord call Zerubbabel (Hag 2:23)?
A. His servant
B. His messenger
C. His ruler
D. His beloved
A:B:Hg:2
29. Who does the Lord say his has chosen (Hag 2:23)?
A. Haggai
B. Joshua
C. Zerubbabel
D. Darius
C:B:Hg:2