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Moses and the Plagues Trivia Quiz

This quiz is about Moses and the Plagues. Moses was one of the Prophets of God and was sent to free the Israelites from slavery and to take them to the promised land. (New International Version)

A multiple-choice quiz by Mianabelle. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Mianabelle

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
273,083

Updated
Jan 21 23

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1. When Moses was born, in Egypt, the Pharaoh had demanded that all newborn sons of Hebrews were to be killed. When Moses was three months old and could no longer be hidden, Moses' mother saved Moses from this terrible fate by: Hint

Dropping him off at the Palace

Putting him in a basket and floating him down a river

Sailing with him out of Egypt

Placing him in the wilderness as was God's will

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2. When Moses grew up he was out shepherding a flock of sheep when God appeared to him. How did God appear to him? Hint

In a dream

As a burning bush

As a tree

In his head

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3. God told Moses to free the people of Israel and to take them to their promised land. When Moses first went to the Pharaoh, what was one of the things he did to prove he was the messenger of God? Hint

Turn his staff into a sheep

Turn his bag into a snake

Turn his bag into a sheep

Turn his staff into a snake

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4. When the Pharaoh refused Moses, God sent the first plague. What was it? Hint

All water was turned into blood

All alcohol was turned into blood

All blood was turned into water

All water was turned into alcohol

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5. When this didn't work, God sent a second plague. What was it? Hint

Mosquitoes

Flies

Frogs

Bees

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6. The Pharaoh decided he was sick of God's plagues so he decided to let the Israelites go into the wilderness for three days, for the sacrifice.
However the Pharaoh changed his mind and refused to let the people go.
God sent a third plague. What was it this time, according to the New International Version? Hint

Gnats

Blood

Crocodiles

Wild pigs

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7. When the Pharaoh still refused to listen God sent a fourth plague. According to the New International Version, what was it? Hint

Mosquitoes

Bees

Flies

Frogs

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8. The Pharaoh agreed to let this Israelites go again, but then once the plague was gone he changed his mind again. God sent a fifth plague.
What was it this time? Hint

He killed all Egyptian newborns

He killed all the Egyptian women

He killed all the Egyptians' livestock

He killed all the Egyptians' first born sons

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9. The stubborn Pharaoh would still not let the Israelites go, so God sent a sixth plague. What was it? Hint

Pimples on all the Egyptian women

Boils on all the Egyptian women and animals

Pimples on all the teenage Egyptians

Boils on all Egyptian men and animals

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10. The Pharaoh would still not let them go so God sent a seventh plague. What was it this time? Hint

Snow

A drought

Rain

Hail

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11. The Pharaoh gave in, but he decided that only the men could go, not the women and children. God was not happy, so he sent an eighth plague. What was it? Hint

Locusts

Cockroaches

Termites

Rats

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12. Once Moses has asked God to take away the locusts, the Pharaoh changed his mind yet again. So God sent a ninth plague. What was it? Hint

Long-lasting darkness

Long-lasting rain

Long-lasting light

Long-lasting drought

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13. The Pharaoh weakened again and when God relieved the plague the Pharaoh told them they could go.
However Moses wanted to take all of the Israelites' livestock with them. The Pharaoh became angry and refused Moses again, telling him never to appear before him again. Moses agreed to this.
What was the final plague that God sent to Egypt? Hint

Killed all the women

Killed the Pharaoh

Killed all the animals

Killed all the firstborn sons

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14. Moses and the Israelites escaped from the Egyptians by parting a sea. What was this sea called? Hint

The Dead Sea

The Celtic Sea

The Caspian Sea

The Red Sea

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15. The story of Moses was written in one of the first books of the Old Testament, called Exodus. The Bible is split up into sections, that include a number of books. What section is Exodus and thus the story of Moses in? Hint

Pentateuch

Prophets

Poetry

Leviticus

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Putting him in a basket and floating him down a river

Moses' mother was desperate to find a way to save Moses so she hid him till he was 3 months old and could hide him no longer. When he was 3 months old, she placed him in a basket and floated it down a river. The daughter of the Pharaoh heard a baby crying when she was bathing in the river and took him home and adopted him.

2. When Moses grew up he was out shepherding a flock of sheep when God appeared to him. How did God appear to him?

Answer: As a burning bush

Moses had fled Egypt after killing an Egyptian and was staying with a Midianite family. When he was out shepherding the sheep one day, God appeared to him in the shape of a burning bush and told him to go to the Pharaoh and ask him to free the Jews.

Answer: Turn his staff into a snake

When Moses asked God how he would prove he was the messenger of God, God told Moses to cast his staff on the ground. Moses did so and his staff turned into a snake. When he held it by the tail, it turned back into a staff.

4. When the Pharaoh refused Moses, God sent the first plague. What was it?

Answer: All water was turned into blood

Moses and Aaron went to the Pharaoh and told him God's message, but the Pharaoh refused. God then sent the first plague, turning all water into blood, no matter where it was.

5. When this didn't work, God sent a second plague. What was it?

Answer: Frogs

God told Aaron to stretch his hand over the waters of Egypt and so he did, making frogs appear throughout the land. The Pharaoh told Moses that if he would get rid of the frogs, he would allow the Israelites to go and make a sacrifice to the Lord.

6. The Pharaoh decided he was sick of God's plagues so he decided to let the Israelites go into the wilderness for three days, for the sacrifice. However the Pharaoh changed his mind and refused to let the people go. God sent a third plague. What was it this time, according to the New International Version?

Answer: Gnats

God told Moses to tell Aaron to stretch out his staff and strike the dust of the ground, and gnats came upon Egypt. The other plagues previous to this were mimicked by the Pharaoh's magicians, but they couldn't produce gnats.

7. When the Pharaoh still refused to listen God sent a fourth plague. According to the New International Version, what was it?

Answer: Flies

When the Pharaoh refused again God sent the fourth plague and dense swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh's palace and into the houses of his officials, and throughout Egypt the land was ruined by the flies.

8. The Pharaoh agreed to let this Israelites go again, but then once the plague was gone he changed his mind again. God sent a fifth plague. What was it this time?

Answer: He killed all the Egyptians' livestock

When the Pharaoh refused again, all the horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, sheep and goats of the Egyptians died, but those that belonged to the Israelites, but the Pharaoh still would not let the people go.

9. The stubborn Pharaoh would still not let the Israelites go, so God sent a sixth plague. What was it?

Answer: Boils on all Egyptian men and animals

Moses took soot from a furnace and tossed it into the air and festering boils broke out on men and animals. No Egyptian men escaped the plague of boils, including the Pharaoh's magicians.

10. The Pharaoh would still not let them go so God sent a seventh plague. What was it this time?

Answer: Hail

When the Pharaoh refused again Moses warned the people of Egypt and the Israelites that God would send a plague of hail and all animals and people not under shelter would instantly die. So God sent the plague of hail, which killed all living things, people and animals alike who didn't believe Moses.

11. The Pharaoh gave in, but he decided that only the men could go, not the women and children. God was not happy, so he sent an eighth plague. What was it?

Answer: Locusts

Moses stretched out his staff over Egypt, and an east wind blew across the land and with it came the locusts, that devoured all food the Egyptians had that had survived the hail storms.

12. Once Moses has asked God to take away the locusts, the Pharaoh changed his mind yet again. So God sent a ninth plague. What was it?

Answer: Long-lasting darkness

Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky so that darkness spread over Egypt and darkness shrouded Egypt for three days. For three whole days it was so dark that the Egyptians couldn't leave their houses, but the Israelites had light, where they lived.

13. The Pharaoh weakened again and when God relieved the plague the Pharaoh told them they could go. However Moses wanted to take all of the Israelites' livestock with them. The Pharaoh became angry and refused Moses again, telling him never to appear before him again. Moses agreed to this. What was the final plague that God sent to Egypt?

Answer: Killed all the firstborn sons

Moses told the Pharaoh that God said "About midnight I will go throughout Egypt. Every firstborn son in Egypt will die." No child was spared, not the Pharaoh's son, nor slave girls', and all the firstborn of the cattle died as well.

14. Moses and the Israelites escaped from the Egyptians by parting a sea. What was this sea called?

Answer: The Red Sea

When God sent the final plague the Pharaoh was terrified. He sent for Moses in the night and told them to leave his country immediately.
But the Pharaoh changed his mind and decided to go after the Israelites. The Israelites were camped by a sea and when they saw the Egyptians coming, Moses parted the sea and the Israelites traveled safely through, but when the Egyptians tried to follow, the parted walls of the sea came crashing down on them, drowning them. The earliest historical thing that happened in the Red sea was Moses parting it.

Answer: Pentateuch

Exodus is the second book of the Bible and is a part of the Pentateuch, which consists of the first five books of the Old Testament; Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.

Source: Author Mianabelle

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