Book of Job Quiz: Job's Suffering and the Heavenly Wager

Book of Job Quiz: Job's Suffering and the Heavenly Wager — Practice Questions

1. How does the book of Job describe Job's character in its opening verse?
2. How many children and how much livestock did Job have at the start of the book?
3. In the heavenly scene at the start of Job, what prompted the dialogue between God and Satan about Job?
4. What was Satan's challenge — the accusation that drives the whole book of Job?
5. Four messengers arrived in quick succession to report disasters to Job. Which of these was NOT one of the calamities?
6. How did Job respond when he learned of the death of his children and the loss of all his possessions?
7. For the second test, Satan requested permission to afflict Job's body. What affliction did Satan strike Job with?
8. What did Job's wife tell him to do in his suffering?
9. Three friends came to comfort Job when they heard of his suffering. What were their names?
10. When the three friends saw Job, they were so overwhelmed by his suffering that they did something remarkable. What was it?
11. When Job finally broke his silence in chapter 3, what did he curse?
12. Eliphaz was the first friend to speak. He described a spiritual vision he had received. What form did this vision take?
13. What was the central theological argument that all three friends made, differing only in their harshness?
14. Bildad's first speech (chapter 8) made a particularly cruel implication about Job's children. What did he say?
15. In chapter 9, Job acknowledged God's power but expressed his central anguish. What did he wish for?
16. Job 13:15 contains one of the most debated verses in the book. What does Job say?
17. In chapter 7, Job describes the brevity and misery of human life. What comparison does he use for the swiftness of his days?
18. Job 14:1 opens with a famous lament about the human condition. What does it say?
19. At the end of chapter 14, Job expresses a wistful hope about death. What question does he ask?
20. Zophar was the harshest of the three friends. What did he say about what Job actually deserved in his first speech?