THE 16th NATIONAL POSTAL BIBLE KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 2015

Produced by Scripture Union in Semenanjung Malaysia and sponsored by

Malayan Christian Schools’ Council (MCSC)

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Bible texts: Exodus 1 – 4 & The Supernatural Workings of God in Acts of the Apostles in the
Good News translation. The Bible reference is given in the brackets.

FILL IN THE BLANKS (SECTION A)
Write your answer clearly in the blank spaces provided.

The correct answer in each bracketed space (_________________) scores one mark.

Questions 1 - 5 from Exodus 1- 4

1. A new king, who knew nothing about _________________, came to power in

_________________. (1:8)

2. The king of Egypt issued this command: “Take every new-born Hebrew boy and
_________________ him into the _________________, but let all the girls live.” (1:22)

3. The princess said to herself, “I pulled him out of the _________________, and so I name him
_________________. (2:10b)

4. The angel of the Lord appeared to Moses as a _________________ coming from the middle of a

_________________. (3:2)

5. God said to Moses, “Tell the _________________ that I, the Lord, the God of their
_________________, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, have sent you to them”. (3:15)

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Questions 6 - 15 from the Supernatural workings of God in Acts of the Apostles

6. When the day of _________________ came, all the _________________ were gathered together
in one place. (2:1)

7. There was a noise from the_________________ which sounded like a strong

_________________ blowing, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. (2:2)

8. They saw what looked like _________________ of _________________ which spread out and
touched each person there. (2:3)

9. They were all _________________ with the Holy Spirit and began to talk in other
_________________, as the Spirit enabled them to speak. (2:4)

10. As a result of what the _________________ were doing, sick people were carried out into the
streets and placed on beds and mats so that at least Peter's _________________ might fall on
some of them as he passed by. (5:15)

11. Crowds of people came in from the towns around _________________, bringing those who were
sick or who had evil spirits in them; and they were all _________________. (5:16)

12. Simon himself also believed; and after being _________________, he stayed close to
_________________ and was astounded when he saw the great wonders and miracles that
were being performed. (8:13)

13. _________________ and _________________ placed their hands on them, and they received
the Holy Spirit. (8:17)

14. About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God ... Suddenly there was a
violent _________________, which shook the _________________ to its foundations. (16:25-26)

15. A snake ... fastened itself to his hand. But _________________shook the snake off into the
_________________ without being harmed at all. (28:3-5)

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 The 16th National Postal Bible Knowledge Quiz 2015
Objective Questions Answer Sheet

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Highly Commended (HC) = 80 - 100%

Commended (C) = 60 - 79%
Pass (P) = 40 - 59%
Fail (F) = 0 - 39% Student’s Grade
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 THE 16th NATIONAL POSTAL BIBLE KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 2015
Produced by Scripture Union in Semenanjung Malaysia and sponsored by
Malayan Christian Schools’ Council (MCSC)

OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS (SECTION B)

Make your selection (A, B or C) and mark your answers on page 3

Questions 1– 7 from Exodus 1 – 4

1. The Egyptians put slave drivers over the Israelites to crush their spirits with hard labour because
they were afraid that the Israelites ___. (1:9-11)
A would become better off than they
B were getting too numerous
C would influence their young people

2. The king of Egypt spoke to Shiphrah and Puah who were the two ___. (1:15)
A midwives who helped the Hebrew women
B teachers who helped the Hebrew women
C money-lenders who helped the Hebrew women

3. Moses’ mother hid Moses in a basket and placed it in ___. (2:3)

A a secret underground shelter
B the bushes behind her home
C the tall grass at the edge of the river

4. The king of Egypt tried to have Moses killed because ___. (2:12-16)
A he was jealous of Moses
B Moses turned his daughter against him
C Moses killed an Egyptian

5. When God said to Moses “Now I am sending you to the king of Egypt so that you can lead
my people out of his country” Moses answered ___. (3:10-11)
A “I am willing to do it if you help me.”
B “I am nobody. How can I go to the king and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
C “I am not sure if I want to return to Egypt. People may still remember my crime.”

6. God said, “I am who I am. This is what you must say to them: ‘The one who is called I AM has
sent me to you.’” Moses was supposed to say this to the ___. (3:13-15)
A Israelites B Egyptians C king of Egypt and his magicians

7. Moses told God he needed to prove to the Israelites that He had actually appeared to Moses
so God empowered Moses to perform 3 miracles. (4:1-9)
(i) Turn some water taken from the Nile river into blood
(ii) Turn a healthy hand into a diseased hand and back to a healthy hand
(iii) Turn a stick into a snake and back into a stick. The order in which God mentioned these
miracles to Moses is:
A (i), (ii), (iii), B (iii), (ii), (i) C (ii), (iii) (i)

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Questions 8 - 35 are based on The Supernatural Workings of God in Acts of the Apostles

8. “But when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will be filled with power, and you will be
witnesses for me in Jerusalem, in all of Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Jesus said the above words to His disciples ___.(1:8-9)
A when they were together in Galilee
B before He was taken up to heaven
C at the Pentecost

9. On the day of Pentecost a large crowd gathered where the believers were meeting.
They were all excited, because ___.(2:6)
A all of them heard the believers speaking in their own languages
B felt a strong wind blowing
C they saw fire coming down from the sky

10. At the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, Peter healed a man who had `
been ___.(3:2-8)
A lame all his life B blind all his life C deaf all his life

11. After Peter and John were set free they returned to their group and they joined together in
prayer for boldness. When they finished praying, the place where they were meeting was ___.
(4:23-31)
A raided B flooded C shaken

12. As soon as Peter said, “You have not lied to people—you have lied to God!” to Ananias,
Ananias ___.(5:4-5)
A begged for mercy B fell down dead C ran away

13. An angel of the Lord opened the prison gates and led the apostles out after they were arrested
and imprisoned by the High Priest and all his companions who were extremely ___. (5:17-19)
A afraid of the apostles
B fed up of the apostles
C jealous of the apostles

14. Stephen, a man richly blessed by God and full of power, performed great miracles and wonders
among the people. But he was opposed by some men who were members of the synagogue of
the ___.(6:8-9)
A Freedmen B Tradesmen C Guildsmen

15. Philip preached the Messiah in Samaria and the crowds who listened to him saw the miracles
that he performed. Evil spirits came out from many people with a loud cry, and many paralyzed
and lame people were healed. So there was great ___. (8:5-8)
A fear in the city B joy in that city C panic in the city

16. After Philip baptized the Ethiopian official, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away and he found
himself in ___.(8:38-40)
A Azotus B Caesarea C Jerusalem

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17. After Saul’s encounter with Jesus he could not ___.(9:5-8)
A hear a thing B see a thing C say a thing

18. The Lord appeared to Ananias in a vision and told him to go to the house of Judas in Straight
Street, and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul. Ananias was a believer who lived in ___.
(9:10-11)
A Jerusalem B Capernaum C Damascus

19. Ananias placed his hands on Saul and said that Jesus had sent him to Saul so that Saul might
be filled with the Holy Spirit and be able to ___.(9:17-18)
A see again B hear again C speak again

20. In Lydda, Peter healed Aeneas who was paralyzed and had not been able to get out of bed for
___. (9:32-35)
A ten years B six years C eight years

21. He was a captain in the Roman army regiment called “The Italian Regiment” and a religious
man ...He did much to help the Jewish poor people and was constantly praying to God. One
afternoon he had a vision, in which he clearly saw an angel of God... The captain’s name was
___.(10:1-3)
A Gaius B Cornelius C Tertius

22. In what order did the following events take place (10:9-11) :
(i) Peter became hungry and wanted something to eat.
(ii) Peter went up on the roof of the house about noon in order to pray.
(iii) Peter had a vision where he saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being
lowered by its four corners to the earth.
A (ii), (i), (iii) B (ii), (iii), (i) C (i), (ii), (iii)

23. “Do not consider anything unclean that God has declared clean.” said a voice to Peter ___.
(10:15- 16)
A two times B three times C five times

24. The Jewish believers who had come from Joppa with Peter were amazed that God had poured
out His gift of the Holy Spirit on the ___.(10:45)
A Gentiles B women C children

25. (i) “Fasten your belt and put on your sandals.”
(ii) “Hurry! Get up!”
(iii) “Put your cloak around you and come with me.”
The order in which the above instructions was given by the angel to Peter is ___. (12:7-8)
A (i),(ii), (iii) B (iii), (ii), (i) C (ii), (i), (iii)

26. The angel led Peter past the first guard station and then the second, and came to the iron gate
` that opens into the city. The gate___. (12:10)
A was open
B opened for them by itself
C was opened by the angel
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27. “You son of the Devil! You are the enemy of everything that is good. You are full of all kinds of
evil tricks, and you always keep trying to turn the Lord's truths into lies!” The man Paul said this
to was struck blind immediately. He was ___. (13:6- 11)
A Simon who claimed that he was someone great
B Elymas who claimed to be a prophet
C Sceva who claimed to be able to drive out evil spirits

28. The priest of the god Zeus, whose temple stood just outside the town, brought bulls and
flowers to the gate, for he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifice to the apostles. This act was
in response to Paul’s healing of a man in Lystra who was ___ from birth. (14:8-13)
A blind B deaf C lame
29. “Come over to Macedonia and help us” begged a Macedonian in a vision that God gave ___.
(16:9-10)
A Timothy B Paul C John

30. In Philippi, Paul cast out from a slave-girl an evil spirit that enabled her to___.(16:16-18)
A charm men B predict the future C do black magic

31. After Jesus appeared to Paul in a vision and assured Paul of His protection, Paul stayed and
worked for a year and a half, teaching the people the word of God in ___ (18:8-11)
A Athens B Philippi C Corinth

32.. When handkerchiefs and aprons this person had used were taken to the sick, their diseases
were driven away, and the evil spirits would go out of them. That person was ___. (19:11-12)
A John B Paul C Silas

33. The evil spirit said to them, “I know Jesus, and I know about Paul; but you - who
are you?” The evil spirit said this to the seven sons of ___. (19:13-16)
A Secundus B Sopater C Sceva

34. Paul threw himself on the dead Eutychus and hugged him and Eutychus came back to life.
Earlier, Eutychus had gone to sleep and fallen to his death from a window on the ___. (20:8-12)
A 4th storey B 3rd storey C 5th storey

35. When the sick people on the island of Malta heard that Paul had healed their chief’s ___ of
fever and dysentery they too came to Paul and were healed. (28:7-10)
A mother B brother C father

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