Daniel — Group study guide
Part 1 of 2 · chapters 1–5
5 chapters · 61 questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
How to use it
Read one chapter per meeting. Each participant can mark their answers and write down what they learned.
Contents
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Daniel 1 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Daniel 1 (KJV)
1. In whose reign did Nebuchadnezzar besiege Jerusalem?
Daniel 1:1
- A. Hezekiah
- B. Jehoiakim
- C. Josiah
- D. Zedekiah
2. Where did Nebuchadnezzar carry the vessels of the house of God?
Daniel 1:2
- A. Into the house of his god in the land of Shinar
- B. To the palace at Shushan
- C. To the city of Nineveh
- D. To a temple in Egypt
3. What was the name of the master of the eunuchs?
Daniel 1:3
- A. Arioch
- B. Melzar
- C. Ashpenaz
- D. Nebuzaradan
4. What two things were to be taught to the children who would be brought before the king?
Daniel 1:4
- A. The law and the prophets
- B. War and hunting
- C. Astrology and magic
- D. The learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans
5. How many years were the children to be nourished?
Daniel 1:5
- A. Seven years
- B. Three years
- C. One year
- D. Ten years
6. What name was given to Daniel?
Daniel 1:7
- A. Shadrach
- B. Abednego
- C. Belteshazzar
- D. Meshach
7. What did Daniel purpose in his heart?
Daniel 1:8
- A. Not to defile himself with the portion of the king's meat
- B. To return soon to Jerusalem
- C. To serve as chief of the wise men
- D. To learn all the wisdom of Babylon
8. Why did the prince of the eunuchs grant Daniel his request?
Daniel 1:9
- A. Because Daniel offered him gold
- B. Because the king ordered it
- C. Because he feared the Chaldeans
- D. Because God brought Daniel into favour
9. For how many days did Daniel ask Melzar to prove them about not eating the king's meat?
Daniel 1:12
- A. Seven days
- B. Thirty days
- C. Ten days
- D. Forty days
10. What happened to Daniel and his companions at the end of the days of proving?
Daniel 1:15
- A. Their countenances appeared fairer and fatter than the others
- B. They fell sick and were brought to the king
- C. They looked the same as the other children
- D. They were sent back to Judah
11. On what kind of food did the four young men live?
Daniel 1:16
- A. Bread and wine
- B. Pulse
- C. Lamb's meat
- D. Honey and milk
12. In what did Daniel have understanding?
Daniel 1:17
- A. In the tongue of Egypt
- B. In building temples
- C. In all visions and dreams
- D. In the art of war
13. How many times better were the four young men than the magicians and astrologers?
Daniel 1:20
- A. Twice as good
- B. Seven times better
- C. A hundred times better
- D. Ten times better
Notes
Daniel 2 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Daniel 2 (KJV)
1. Why was Nebuchadnezzar troubled so that his sleep went from him?
Daniel 2:1
- A. Because of the dreams he had
- B. Because of a war with Egypt
- C. Because of his son's death
- D. Because of a rebellion in Babylon
2. When the king called his magicians and sorcerers, had the king forgotten the dream?
Daniel 2:5
- Yes
- No
3. What did the king say would happen to them if they did not give him the interpretation?
Daniel 2:5
- A. They would be cast into the den of lions
- B. They would be cut in pieces and their houses made a dunghill
- C. They would be sent into exile
- D. They would lose their riches and offices
4. Who said, "There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter"?
Daniel 2:10
- A. The princes of Persia
- B. The eunuchs
- C. The Chaldeans
- D. The priests of Judah
5. When they said that to the king, what was the king's command?
Daniel 2:12
- A. To cast them into prison
- B. To seek other wise men in Egypt
- C. To give them more time
- D. To destroy all the wise men of Babylon
6. Who is Arioch?
Daniel 2:14-15
- A. The captain of King Nebuchadnezzar's guard
- B. The master of the eunuchs
- C. The king of Media
- D. A prophet of Judah
7. Who gave Nebuchadnezzar the interpretation of the dream?
Daniel 2:19
- A. Arioch
- B. Daniel
- C. The Chaldeans
- D. Shadrach
8. What did Nebuchadnezzar see in his dream?
Daniel 2:31
- A. A great tree
- B. Four beasts
- C. A great image
- D. A hand writing
9. How many materials did what King Nebuchadnezzar saw have?
Daniel 2:32-33
- A. Three
- B. Four
- C. Seven
- D. Five
10. Who cut out the stone that smote the image?
Daniel 2:34
- A. It does not say; it was cut out without hands
- B. Daniel
- C. An angel from heaven
- D. Nebuchadnezzar
11. Whom did the head of the image represent?
Daniel 2:38
- A. Darius
- B. Nebuchadnezzar
- C. Belshazzar
- D. Cyrus
12. What does it mean that the toes of the image were part iron and part clay?
Daniel 2:42
- A. That the kingdom will last for ever
- B. That the kingdom will be divided among four kings
- C. That the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly broken
- D. That the kingdom will be destroyed by fire
13. What did King Nebuchadnezzar do as soon as Daniel finished explaining the dream?
Daniel 2:46
- A. Ordered the Chaldeans killed
- B. Grew angry and put Daniel out of the palace
- C. Held a great feast
- D. Fell upon his face and worshipped Daniel
14. Who became chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon?
Daniel 2:48
- A. Daniel
- B. Arioch
- C. Ashpenaz
- D. Meshach
Notes
Daniel 3 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Daniel 3 (KJV)
1. How high was the image Nebuchadnezzar had made?
Daniel 3:1
- A. A hundred cubits
- B. Threescore cubits
- C. Thirty cubits
- D. Twelve cubits
2. What were all to do when they heard the sound of the instruments?
Daniel 3:5-6
- A. Sing to the king
- B. Leave the city
- C. Fall down and worship the image
- D. Offer sacrifices in the temple
3. What would happen to those who did not?
Daniel 3:6
- A. They would be cast into the den of lions
- B. They would lose their houses
- C. They would be exiled to Egypt
- D. They would be cast into the burning fiery furnace
4. Who did not fall down before the image?
Daniel 3:12
- A. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
- B. Daniel, Arioch and Ashpenaz
- C. The Chaldeans
- D. The princes of Persia
5. Did Nebuchadnezzar give the Hebrew young men one more chance to fall down before the image?
Daniel 3:15
- Yes
- No
6. What was Nebuchadnezzar full of when he heard the three young men's answer?
Daniel 3:19
- A. Joy
- B. Fury
- C. Fear
- D. Sorrow
7. What happened to the men who cast the three young men into the furnace?
Daniel 3:22
- A. They were rewarded by the king
- B. They fled the city
- C. They died; the flame of the fire slew them
- D. They turned to the God of Israel
8. How many men did Nebuchadnezzar see in the furnace?
Daniel 3:25
- A. Three
- B. Two
- C. Seven
- D. Four
9. Did the three young men's hair smell of smoke when they were brought out of the furnace?
Daniel 3:27
- Yes
- No
10. Whom did Nebuchadnezzar say was sent to deliver the three young men from the furnace?
Daniel 3:28
- A. God's angel
- B. Daniel
- C. A captain of his guard
- D. A prophet of Judah
11. What was the king's decree after the young men came out of the furnace?
Daniel 3:29
- A. That all should worship the golden image
- B. That whoever spoke amiss against their God should be cut in pieces
- C. That the Jews should return to Jerusalem
- D. That the golden image should be destroyed
Notes
Daniel 4 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Daniel 4 (KJV)
1. What did King Nebuchadnezzar think good to declare?
Daniel 4:2
- A. His victories in war
- B. The riches of Babylon
- C. The signs and wonders the high God had wrought toward him
- D. His magicians' dreams
2. Could the magicians and soothsayers give the interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's second dream?
Daniel 4:7
- Yes
- No
3. What did Nebuchadnezzar dream of whose height was great?
Daniel 4:10
- A. A tower
- B. A mountain
- C. A golden image
- D. A tree
4. Who cried aloud that the tree should be hewn down?
Daniel 4:13-14
- A. A watcher from heaven
- B. Daniel
- C. A Chaldean
- D. The king himself
5. The man's heart would be changed into what kind of heart?
Daniel 4:16
- A. A heart of stone
- B. A beast's heart
- C. A child's heart
- D. A lion's heart
6. How long was Belteshazzar astonied?
Daniel 4:19
- A. Three days
- B. All night
- C. For one hour
- D. Seven days
7. Whom did the tree represent?
Daniel 4:22
- A. Daniel
- B. Belshazzar
- C. The people of Israel
- D. Nebuchadnezzar
8. Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom would be sure if he did what?
Daniel 4:26
- A. Knew that the heavens do rule
- B. Built a greater temple
- C. Defeated the Medes
- D. Destroyed the golden image
9. What did the voice from heaven declare to the king after he spoke as he did?
Daniel 4:31
- A. Thy kingdom shall last for ever
- B. The kingdom is departed from thee
- C. Thou shalt be cast into the furnace
- D. Thy sons shall reign after thee
10. Like what did the king's hair grow?
Daniel 4:33
- A. Like sheep's wool
- B. Like a horse's mane
- C. Like eagles' feathers
- D. Like the grass of the field
11. What returned to Nebuchadnezzar after he lifted up his eyes unto heaven?
Daniel 4:34
- A. His army
- B. His son
- C. His riches
- D. His understanding (reason)
12. Did Nebuchadnezzar come to praise God?
Daniel 4:37
- Yes
- No
Notes
Daniel 5 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Daniel 5 (KJV)
1. For how many lords did Belshazzar make a feast?
Daniel 5:1
- A. A hundred
- B. A thousand
- C. Seventy
- D. A hundred and twenty
2. What did Belshazzar command to be brought?
Daniel 5:2
- A. The palace musicians
- B. His father's treasure
- C. The golden vessels taken out of the temple at Jerusalem
- D. The wise men of Babylon
3. What caused a hand to be seen writing on the wall?
Daniel 5:4-5
- A. The king refused to free the Jews
- B. Daniel prayed in his house
- C. The Medes surrounded the city
- D. They drank wine in the vessels of the LORD's temple
4. How did the king react when he saw what was written on the wall?
Daniel 5:6
- A. His countenance changed and his thoughts troubled him
- B. He laughed at the hand
- C. He called for Daniel at once
- D. He fled from the palace
5. Could the king's wise men read what was written on the wall?
Daniel 5:8
- Yes
- No
6. Who told the king, "Let not thy thoughts trouble thee"?
Daniel 5:10
- A. Daniel
- B. The queen
- C. A Chaldean
- D. His captain
7. What did Daniel answer the king when he offered him rewards?
Daniel 5:17
- A. Give them to me after I read it
- B. Give them to the poor
- C. Let thy gifts be to thyself
- D. I accept the chain of gold
8. Who did Daniel say had given Nebuchadnezzar the kingdom?
Daniel 5:18
- A. The gods of Babylon
- B. His father
- C. His armies
- D. The most high God
9. What does MENE, MENE mean?
Daniel 5:26
- A. God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it
- B. Thou art weighed in the balances
- C. Thy kingdom is broken
- D. Given to the Medes and Persians
10. To whom was Belshazzar's kingdom given?
Daniel 5:28
- A. The Egyptians
- B. The Medes and Persians
- C. The Greeks
- D. The Assyrians
11. What was the name of the king of Media?
Daniel 5:31
- A. Cyrus
- B. Ahasuerus
- C. Darius
- D. Artaxerxes