Noah and the Ark True or False Quiz — 15 Questions with Answers Flashcards

#1

Noah took two of every animal onto the ark.

📖 Genesis 7:2-3

#2

God told Noah to bring male and female representatives of every living creature onto the ark.

📖 Genesis 6:19

#3

The ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

📖 Genesis 8:4

#4

Noah was 600 years old when the Flood began.

📖 Genesis 7:6

#5

It rained for forty days and forty nights during the Flood.

📖 Genesis 7:12

#6

Noah's three sons were named Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

📖 Genesis 6:10

#7

God's covenant with Noah included a promise never to destroy the earth by flood again.

📖 Genesis 9:11

#8

A dove returned to Noah carrying an olive branch in its beak as a sign that the waters had receded.

📖 Genesis 8:11

#2

True

Genesis 6:19 states God commanded Noah to bring a male and female of every living creature to keep them alive. This ensured biological continuity after the Flood.

Genesis 6:19

#1

False

Genesis 7:2-3 specifies that Noah took seven of every kind of clean animal and two of every kind of unclean animal. The commonly misremembered 'two of every animal' oversimplifies the actual instruction.

Genesis 7:2-3

#4

True

Genesis 7:6 states, 'Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came on the earth.' This precise age is given at the start of the Flood narrative.

Genesis 7:6

#3

True

Genesis 8:4 explicitly states, 'and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.' This is the scriptural account of where the ark landed.

Genesis 8:4

#6

True

Genesis 5:32 and 6:10 identify Noah's three sons as Shem, Ham, and Japheth. These names are consistent throughout the Flood narrative and genealogies.

Genesis 6:10

#5

True

Genesis 7:12 confirms, 'And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.' This iconic detail is explicitly stated in Scripture.

Genesis 7:12

#8

True

Genesis 8:11 states that the dove 'returned to him in the evening, and there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf!' This was the sign that vegetation had begun to grow again.

Genesis 8:11

#7

True

Genesis 9:11 records God's covenant promise: 'I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.' The rainbow became the sign of this covenant.

Genesis 9:11

#9

The Flood waters covered the earth for exactly 150 days.

📖 Genesis 7:24

#10

Noah was found to be a righteous man who walked with God in the time before the Flood.

📖 Genesis 6:9

#11

After the Flood, Noah planted a vineyard and became drunk from its wine.

📖 Genesis 9:21

#12

God instructed Noah to build the ark because He planned to judge humanity for their corruption and violence.

📖 Genesis 6:11-13

#13

The dimensions of the ark were 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

📖 Genesis 6:15

#14

Noah preached repentance to the people for 120 years while building the ark.

📖 Genesis 6:3

#15

The rainbow was established as a sign of God's covenant promise after the Flood.

📖 Genesis 9:12-13

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#10

True

Genesis 6:9 describes Noah as 'a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God.' This characterization explains why God chose him to survive the Flood.

Genesis 6:9

#9

True

Genesis 7:24 and 8:3 indicate that the waters 'receded steadily from the earth' and were 'reduced every day' until 'on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest.' Genesis 8:3 specifies that 'the water receded steadily from the earth...and the waters had decreased by the seventeenth day of the seventh month,' which represents 150 days.

Genesis 7:24

#12

True

Genesis 6:11-13 states that 'the earth was full of violence' and God said to Noah, 'I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens.' The judgment was a response to humanity's corruption and wickedness.

Genesis 6:11-13

#11

True

Genesis 9:21 records that 'he drank some of its wine, became drunk, and lay uncovered inside his tent.' This event occurred after Noah left the ark and is a sobering detail about human nature even after God's judgment.

Genesis 9:21

#14

False

Genesis 6:3 mentions God's Spirit would not contend with humanity forever, limiting their days to 120 years, but this does not explicitly state that Noah preached for 120 years while building. The text does not specify the duration of the ark's construction or Noah's preaching activity.

Genesis 6:3

#13

True

Genesis 6:15 provides the specifications: 'Make an ark of cypress wood...300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high.' Converting cubits (approximately 18 inches each) yields approximately 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

Genesis 6:15

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#15

True

Genesis 9:12-13 states that God said, 'I am setting my sign in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth...I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.'

Genesis 9:12-13