Ben-Hur Quiz
Ben-Hur Quiz Questions
1. What is the name of the fictional hero of the story?
(a) Messala
(b) Balthazar
(c) Judah Ben-Hur
(d) Simonides
2. What is the name of Judah’s childhood friend who becomes his enemy?
(a) Balthazar
(b) Messala
(c) Simonides
(d) Ilderim
3. What is the name of the Roman galley captain who becomes Judah’s mentor?
(a) Quintus Arrius
(b) Messala
(c) Simonides
(d) Ilderim
4. What is the name of the chariot race that Judah wins?
(a) The Roman Games
(b) The Olympic Games
(c) The Chariot Race of Antioch
(d) The Judean Games
5. What is the name of the wealthy merchant who helps Judah?
(a) Messala
(b) Balthazar
(c) Simonides
(d) Ilderim
6. What is the name of the woman who becomes Judah’s wife?
(a) Esther
(b) Tirzah
(c) Miriam
(d) Rebecca
7. What is the name of Judah’s mother?
(a) Esther
(b) Tirzah
(c) Miriam
(d) Rebecca
8. What is the name of Judah’s sister?
(a) Esther
(b) Tirzah
(c) Miriam
(d) Rebecca
9. What is the name of the Roman governor of Judea?
(a) Pontius Pilate
(b) Messala
(c) Quintus Arrius
(d) Tiberius
10. What is the name of the ship that Judah is enslaved on?
(a) The Victory
(b) The Eagle
(c) The Roman galley
(d) The Lion
11. What is the name of the disease that afflicts Judah’s mother and sister?
(a) Leprosy
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Smallpox
(d) Plague
12. What is the name of the Roman province that Judah is exiled to?
(a) Gaul
(b) Britain
(c) Egypt
(d) Syria
13. What is the name of the person who helps Judah escape from the galleys?
(a) Sheik Ilderim
(b) The Essenes
(c) The Samaritans
(d) The Nazarenes
14. What is the name of the city where Judah meets Jesus?
(a) Jerusalem
(b) Nazareth
(c) Bethlehem
(d) Capernaum
15. What is the name of the Roman emperor during the story?
(a) Augustus
(b) Tiberius
(c) Caligula
(d) Claudius
16. What is the name of the Jewish holiday that is celebrated in the story?
(a) Passover
(b) Rosh Hashanah
(c) Yom Kippur
(d) Hanukkah
17. What is the name of the Roman amphitheater where the chariot race takes place?
(a) The Colosseum
(b) The Circus Maximus
(c) The Hippodrome
(d) The Arena
18. What is the name of the slave who helps Judah train for the chariot race?
(a) Quintus Arrius
(b) Messala
(c) Simonides
(d) Ilderim
19. What is the name of the horse that Judah rides in the chariot race?
(a) Pegasus
(b) Arab
(c) Black Beauty
(d) Antony
20. What is the name of the Roman official who frees Judah from slavery?
(a) Messala
(b) Quintus Arrius
(c) Pontius Pilate
(d) Tiberius
21. What is the name of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem?
(a) The Dome of the Rock
(b) The Western Wall
(c) The Temple Mount
(d) The Holy Temple
22. What is the name of the Roman fortress in Jerusalem?
(a) Masada
(b) Antonia
(c) Caesarea Maritima
(d) Sepphoris
23. What is the name of the Roman road that connects Jerusalem to Rome?
(a) The Via Dolorosa
(b) The Via Traiana
(c) The Via Flaminia
(d) The Via Sacra
24. What crime is Judah falsely accused of?
(a) Theft
(b) Murder
(c) Treason
(d) Espionage
25. Who is the author of Ben-Hur?
(a) Mark Twain
(b) Lew Wallace
(c) Charles Dickens
(d) Jane Austen
Ben-Hur Quiz Questions with Answers
1. What is the name of the fictional hero of the story?
(c) Judah Ben-Hur
2. What is the name of Judah’s childhood friend who becomes his enemy?
(b) Messala
3. What is the name of the Roman galley captain who becomes Judah’s mentor?
(a) Quintus Arrius
4. What is the name of the chariot race that Judah wins?
(c) The Chariot Race of Antioch
5. What is the name of the wealthy merchant who helps Judah?
(c) Simonides
6. What is the name of the woman who becomes Judah’s wife?
(a) Esther
7. What is the name of Judah’s mother?
(c) Miriam
8. What is the name of Judah’s sister?
(b) Tirzah
9. What is the name of the Roman governor of Judea?
(a) Pontius Pilate
10. What is the name of the ship that Judah is enslaved on?
(c) The Roman galley
11. What is the name of the disease that afflicts Judah’s mother and sister?
(a) Leprosy
12. What is the name of the Roman province that Judah is exiled to?
(d) Syria
13. What is the name of the person who helps Judah escape from the galleys?
(a) Sheik Ilderim
14. What is the name of the city where Judah meets Jesus?
(b) Nazareth
15. What is the name of the Roman emperor during the story?
(b) Tiberius
16. What is the name of the Jewish holiday that is celebrated in the story?
(a) Passover
17. What is the name of the Roman amphitheater where the chariot race takes place?
(b) The Circus Maximus
18. What is the name of the person who helps Judah train for the chariot race?
(a) Quintus Arrius
19. What is the name of the horse that Judah rides in the chariot race?
(b) Arab
20. What is the name of the Roman official who frees Judah from slavery?
(b) Quintus Arrius
21. What is the name of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem?
(d) The Holy Temple
22. What is the name of the Roman fortress in Jerusalem?
(b) Antonia
23. What is the name of the Roman road that connects Jerusalem to Rome?
(a) The Via Dolorosa
24. What crime is Judah falsely accused of?
(c) Treason
25. Who is the author of Ben-Hur?
(b) Lew Wallace