True or false
True or False: The name of God is explicitly mentioned multiple times throughout the text of the Book of Esther.
False — God's name is famously not explicitly mentioned, though His hand, timing, and divine design are behind every event
Before Esther bravely approached the uninvited throne, what did she ask Mordecai and the Jews in Shushan to do for three days?
Fast
Name the proud, villainous official of the Persian empire who plotted the destruction of the Jewish people.
Haman
What was the strict penalty for anyone—even the queen—who entered the king's inner court unsummoned, unless a specific exception was made?
Death!
Mordecai chose to bow down and pay homage to Haman to keep the peace in the royal court.
False — Mordecai refused to bow to Haman, which fueled Haman's intense wrath against the Jews.
why was Esther raised by mordicai
she was an orphan
Name Esther’s older cousin who raised her as a daughter and sat faithfully at the king’s gate.
Mordecai
What object did King Ahasuerus have to extend toward a visitor entering his inner court uninvited to spare their life?
The golden scepter
King Ahasuerus's initial decree allowing the destruction of the Jews could legally be canceled or erased once it was sealed with the king's ring.
False — Persian laws were famously unchangeable once written, which is why the king had to issue a second decree allowing the Jews to defend themselves.
When Haman was forced by the king to honor the man he hated most, what humiliating public task did Haman have to perform for Mordecai?
Dress him in royal apparel, put him on the king's horse, and lead him through the city square proclaiming, "Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honor!
Name the Persian king who dismissed his first queen and later married Esther.
King Ahasuerus / Xerxes
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Esther immediately revealed her Jewish heritage to the king the moment she was chosen as queen.
False — She kept it a strict secret on the direct advice of Mordecai
on what day of feasting did Esther reveal Haman's plot
day 2
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Where was Mordecai routinely stationed day after day to keep tabs on Esther and monitor her safety during her time in the palace?
sitting at the king's gate