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Daniel Chapter 5 Bible Quiz — The Writing on the Wall

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Daniel Chapter 5 Bible Quiz — The Writing on the Wall

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1. What did King Belshazzar do with the gold and silver vessels taken from the temple in Jerusalem?

A.He used them to drink wine during a feast

B.He melted them down to make a golden statue

C.He stored them in the royal treasury as tribute

D.He returned them to the Jewish priests as a gesture of goodwill

2. What appeared on the wall during Belshazzar's feast?

A.A disembodied hand writing words

B.A glowing figure in human form

C.A shadow of a man with a sword

D.Flames spelling out a message

3. What words were written on the palace wall?

A.MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN

B.MENE, SHEKEL, PARSIN, BEL

C.TEKEL, UPHARSIN, MENE, BALTHAZAR

D.PARSIN, BABYLON, MENE, SHEKEL

4. Which of Belshazzar's wise men and sorcerers was unable to read or interpret the writing on the wall?

A.All of them

B.Only the chief magician

C.Only the astrologers

D.Only the Chaldean priests

5. Who suggested that Daniel, the Jewish captive, be brought to interpret the writing?

A.The queen mother

B.The chief magician

C.Belshazzar's most trusted advisor

D.One of the palace guards

6. What did Daniel refuse from King Belshazzar before interpreting the writing?

A.Gifts and rewards

B.The position of third ruler in the kingdom

C.A royal garment and gold chain

D.Permission to leave Babylon and return to Judah

7. How did Daniel interpret the word 'TEKEL' in the writing on the wall?

A.You have been weighed and found wanting

B.Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians

C.Your kingdom is numbered and will come to an end

D.You have been measured by God's judgment

8. What did Daniel say would happen to the kingdom according to the interpretation of 'PARSIN'?

A.It would be divided and given to the Medes and Persians

B.It would be destroyed by fire from heaven

C.It would be conquered by Egypt

D.It would fall to a coalition of Babylon's enemies

9. How did Belshazzar respond to Daniel's interpretation of the writing?

A.He kept his promise and honored Daniel with gifts and position

B.He rejected the interpretation and imprisoned Daniel

C.He ordered Daniel's execution

D.He immediately abdicated the throne

10. When did the prophecy on the wall come to pass?

A.That very night when Babylon was conquered

B.Forty days later during a military campaign

C.Seven years later after Belshazzar's death

D.Immediately after Daniel left the banquet hall

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