ESTHER
WHAT DID ESTHER ASK THE KING AFTER THE FIRST BANQUET?
A SECOND BANQUET
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE KING'S FIRST QUEEN?
QUEEN VASHTI
WHAT CHARACTERISTIC BEST DESCRIBES HAMAN?
PRIDEFUL
HOW WAS MORDECAI RELATED TO ESTHER?
HE IS HER COUSIN
WHICH WORD MEANS "SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS THAT IS NOT PLANNED OR ARRANGED BUT SEEMS LIKE IT IS"?
COINCIDENCE
WHAT WAS THE PROCESS TO ESTHER BECOMING QUEEN?
THE KING HELD A BEAUTY PAGENT AND HE CHOSE HER TO BE HIS QUEEN
WHAT WAS REVEALED IN THE BOOK OF RECORDS WHEN THE SCRIBE READ THEM TO THE KING ON THE NIGHT HE COULD NOT SLEEP?
ON WHAT DAY WERE THE JEWS TO BE KILLED?
13TH DAY OF THE 12TH MONTH ADAR
WHY WAS MORDECAI PARADED AROUND THE CITY IN ROYAL ROBES?
HE WAS REWARDED FOR SAVING THE KING FROM BIGTHAN AND TERESH'S PLAN TO KILL HIM
WHICH WORD MEANS "THINGS THAT SEEM TO HAPPEN TO A PERSON BY CHANCE"?
LUCK
HOW COULD ESTHER KEEP IN CONTACT WITH MORDECAI FROM THE PALACE?
THEY USED A MESSENGER
WHERE WAS KING AHASUERUS PALACE AND HOW MANY PROVINCES DID HE RULE OVER?
THE PALACE IS LOCATED IN SHUSHAN AND HE RULES OVER 127 PROVINCES
HOW DID HAMAN CONVINCE KING AHASUERUS TO KILL THE JEWS? HOW DID THEY DECIDE THE DAY?
HAMAN TOLD THE KING THE JEWS DID NOT RESPECT HIM. THEY CHOSE THE DAY BY CASTING LOTS
WHAT PLAN DID GOD GIVE ESTHER AND MORDECAI TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE UPCOMING DAY THE JEWS WOULD BE KILLED?
SIGN A NEW LAW THAT THE JEWS COULD FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE PERSIANS
IF THE WORD PROVIDENCE MEANS "GOD WORKING IN UNSEEN WAYS TO BRING ABOUT HIS PURPOSE IN YOUR LIFE," WHAT WAS ESTHER'S PURPOSE FOR BEING MADE QUEEN FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS?
TO SAVE THE JEWS
HOW COULD ESTHER TELL KING AHASUERUS THE PLAN HAMAN HAD AGAINST THE JEWS?
GO BEFORE HIM AND WAIT FOR HIM TO HOLD OUT THE GOLDEN SEPTURE
HOW LONG DID KING AHASUERUS' PARTY LAST?
180 DAYS; 6 MONTHS
WHAT CAUSED HAMAN TO WANT TO KILL THE JEWS?
MORDECAI CONTINUALLY NOT BOWING DOWN TO HIM
WHY WOULD MORDECAI NOT BOW DOWN TO HAMAN?
HE WOULD NOT BOW DOWN TO ANYONE OTHER THAN THE ONE TRUE GOD
SOVEREIGNTY MEANS "GOD'S RIGHT AND POWER TO DO ALL THAT HE DECIDES TO DO." WHAT IS THE SHORTER VERSION OF THIS DEFINITION?
GOD IS IN CONTROL
ESTHER HAD TO HIDE THE FACT THAT SHE WAS A JEW. TO HELP KEEP THIS SECRET HER NAME IS NOT ESTHER, WHAT IS HER BIRTH NAME?
HADASSAH
BETWEEN WHAT TWO COUNTRIES DID KING AHASUERUS REIGNS?
FROM INDIA TO ETHIOPIA
HOW WAS HAMAN KILLED?
HE WAS HUNG WITH THE GALLOWS HE HAD BUILT FOR MORDECAI
WHY DID MORDECAI COVER HIMSELF IN SACKCLOTH AND ASHES?
HIS RESPONSE TO THE DECREE ABOUT THE KILLING OF THE JEWS
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE HOLIDAY IN PERSIA STILL CELEBRATED TODAY IN HONOR OF THE EVENTS IN THE BOOK OF ESTHER?
PERIM (PERSIAN FEAST)