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Delilah - Quiz
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  • 1. Who is Delilah known for her relationship with?
A) Samson
B) King David
C) Saul
D) Solomon
  • 2. In which book of the Bible is Delilah's story primarily found?
A) Exodus
B) Ruth
C) Genesis
D) Judges
  • 3. What was Delilah's nationality?
A) Philistine
B) Israelite
C) Canaanite
D) Egyptian
  • 4. After Samson's strength was gone, what was he forced to do?
A) Grind grain in prison
B) Work as a soldier
C) Build a temple
D) Stay hidden
  • 5. What did Samson's strength symbolize?
A) His covenant with God
B) His lineage
C) His loyalty to Delilah
D) His status as a warrior
  • 6. After Samson's betrayal, where was he imprisoned?
A) Jerusalem
B) Gaza
C) Hebron
D) Bethlehem
  • 7. How did Samson ultimately die?
A) In battle
B) By execution
C) By collapsing a temple on himself
D) From starvation
  • 8. What did the Philistines do to Samson after capturing him?
A) Gouged out his eyes
B) Threw him in prison
C) Executed him immediately
D) Made him a slave
  • 9. In which chapter of the Book of Judges is Delilah mentioned?
A) Twenty-third
B) First
C) Sixteenth
D) Tenth
  • 10. What did the lords of the Philistines offer Delilah as a bribe?
A) 1100 silver coins
B) Land and property
C) A large sum of gold
D) Political power
  • 11. What did Delilah use to bind Samson during her first attempt?
A) Seven green withes
B) Silken ropes
C) Iron chains
D) Leather straps
  • 12. Which of the following texts suggests that 'a man' or 'a barber' cut Samson's hair?
A) The Latin Vulgate
B) The Septuagint
C) Variations of the Hebrew text
D) The original Greek version
  • 13. How did Billy Graham interpret Samson's punishment?
A) As reaping what one sows for succumbing to lust for Delilah
B) As an act of mercy
C) As divine forgiveness
D) As a test of faithfulness
  • 14. What does the name 'Delilah' imply according to Jewish sages?
A) 'The strong one'
B) 'She dwindles'
C) 'The faithful wife'
D) 'The wise woman'
  • 15. Which Jewish text theorizes that Delilah was a Philistine and a prostitute?
A) The Torah
B) Pseudo-Philo
C) The Talmud
D) The Midrash
  • 16. Which work includes lyrics about cutting Samson's hair?
A) Regina Spektor's 'Samson'
B) Camille Saint-Saëns' Samson and Delilah
C) H. G. Wells' The Invisible Man
D) Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah
  • 17. According to some midrash, how did Delilah try to get Samson to reveal his secret?
A) Using sex and harassment during their interactions
B) By offering him gifts
C) With threats of violence
D) Through prayer and fasting
  • 18. Who wrote the libretto for George Frideric Handel's opera 'Samson'?
A) Cecil B. DeMille
B) Ferdinand Lemaire
C) Carol Ann Duffy
D) Newburgh Hamilton
  • 19. Which biblical character's mother is theorized by some medieval midrash to be Delilah?
A) Esther
B) Ruth
C) Micah from the narrative of Micah's Idol
D) Abigail
  • 20. How did Thomas Cajetan view Delilah's intentions towards Samson?
A) He believed she wanted to kill him
B) He felt she wanted to marry him
C) He suggested she never intended for him to be killed or wounded
D) He thought she was indifferent to his fate
  • 21. What is Delilah's name associated with in later interpretations?
A) Wisdom and knowledge
B) Heroic figures
C) Peace and harmony
D) Treacherous and voluptuous women
  • 22. In which work is Delilah's name used to connote deceit or betrayal?
A) H. G. Wells' The Invisible Man
B) George Frideric Handel's opera Samson
C) The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber
D) One Thousand and One Nights
  • 23. Which actress played Delilah in the 1984 film 'Samson and Delilah'?
A) Hedy Lamarr
B) Belinda Bauer
C) Elizabeth Hurley
D) Carol Ann Duffy
  • 24. Which work by H. G. Wells features Delilah as a name associated with betrayal?
A) Samson Agonistes
B) The Invisible Man
C) Beach Music
D) Samson and Delilah (1949)
  • 25. Who portrayed Delilah in the 1996 film 'Samson and Delilah'?
A) Carol Ann Duffy
B) Belinda Bauer
C) Hedy Lamarr
D) Elizabeth Hurley
  • 26. How many Academy Awards did 'Samson and Delilah' (1949) win?
A) One
B) Five
C) Three
D) Two
  • 27. How do some late aggadah describe the sons of Samson and Delilah?
A) They were strong like their father
B) They were scholars and teachers
C) They were musicians
D) They were weak and frail
  • 28. Which poet included a poem from Delilah’s perspective in 'The World’s Wife'?
A) Carol Ann Duffy
B) John Milton
C) Andrew Lloyd Webber
D) H. G. Wells
  • 29. Who starred as Samson in the 1949 film directed by Cecil B. DeMille?
A) Elizabeth Hurley
B) Victor Mature
C) Hedy Lamarr
D) Belinda Bauer
  • 30. Who composed the opera 'Samson and Delilah' with a sympathetic portrayal of Delilah?
A) Regina Spektor
B) Cecil B. DeMille
C) George Frideric Handel
D) Camille Saint-Saëns
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