Bible Quiz: The Tower of Babel

1) The descendants of Noah settled in a place known as Babel and decided to build a great city with a tower that "reached to the heavens". Why did they want such a tall tower?

To make a name for themselves

To watch for enemies approaching

To be a pagan temple

To be a temple of God

2) What did God say when He saw the tower?

"My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years."

"If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them."

"I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth."

"Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated."

3) What did God do to the inhabitants of Babel?

He destroyed them with fire and brimstone.

He destroyed them in a great flood.

He caused a great famine to punish them for their sins.

He confused their language and scattered them over the face of all the earth.

4) What became of the tower of Babel?

It was rebuilt and became the leaning Tower of Pisa.

It was knocked down and replaced with a temple of God.

It was destroyed by an earthquake.

It was abandoned.