When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”
They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

• Matthew 16:13-18

“Seeing the duck, the little bird flew down upon on the grass
Settled next to her, and shrugged his shoulders. “What kind of bird
Are you if you can’t fly?” said he. To this, the duck replied “What
Kind of bird are you if you can’t swim?” and dived into the pond
They argued and argued, the duck swimming in the pond and the
Little bird hopping along the shore
Suddenly, something caught Peter’s attention. It was a cat
Crawling through the grass”

• Sergei Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf, Lyrics from Op. 67

This quiz is really two quizzes.  One quiz is a Bible Quiz about men in the Bible, hopefully straightforward.  The other quiz is a Classic (sort of) Literature Quiz about male characters in these works of Classic Literature.  The key thing is that the answers in one quiz are the same as the answers in the other quiz.  It is just that the Bible quiz is in Biblical Order, according to the Bible Reference, and the Classic Literature Quiz has the answers in alphabetical order, a big hint if you need it.  If you are unsure of one quiz answer, the matching answer in the other quiz should help.

And if you are disappointed in not having women in the quiz, I was thinking of “the little princess” of the Bolkovsky family in War and Peace.  And it would be easy to match unless you had two, so the other was going to be the moral busybody in Anne of Green Gables.  Okay, the first matches Mary’s cousin who is the mother of John the Baptist (Baptizer).  The other matches the sister that Jacob thought he was marrying, but instead he married her older sister and had to work another seven years for the second sister, the one he wanted.  (Do I need to state Elizabeth and Rachel (as in Rachel Lynde)?)  Of course, Leah is a minor character in Jane Eyre, but that also illustrates the problem.  Too bad there are not any Janes and Annes or a Catherine (as in Wuthering Heights) in the Bible.

And my female example illustrates a little literary license that I have used in the matching.  Elizabeth, the little princess, uses the Russian version of the name.  Some people may have one name on their birth certificate and go by a shortened version.  Let us say that an answer could be Richard.  If the Biblical character of Richard could be used, the literary character could be Rich, Rick, or even Dick.  So, the judge, priest, and prophet, Samuel, would match Sam Spade.  And make a note of some of these examples as this was a fun quiz to write, but the next one may be more obscure.

The Questions:

#	Question	Bible References	Answer
1	Who was the son of Abram and Hagar?
2	Who was named by God when Sarah laughed, thinking she was too old to produce a child?
3	Who was named one thing as Rachel died as the son was born, but Jacob changed the name, making him the twelfth son of Jacob?
4	Whose name means that God has left the people of Israel?  The name comes from the fact that his father, Phinehas, son of Eli, had died in battle and the ark of the covenant was captured.
5	Who was anointed to be king and follow the reign of King Saul, soon after Samuel had prophesied that Saul’s reign was cursed?
6	Who was an evil king of Israel, married to Jezebel, most evil king of Israel to that point?
7	Who baptized Jesus?
8	Which disciple doubted that Jesus rose from the dead but believed when Jesus appeared before him?
9	Who was the apostle killed by the sword, one of the first martyrs?  He was a Son of Thunder.
10	Whose mother was a Jew, and his father was Greek?  When he became a Christian, Paul saw the benefit of him accompanying him and Silas.  And Paul would write letters to him later on.
#	Question	Literary Work and Author	Answer
A	Who is the obsessed captain of a whaling ship, obsessed with a great white whale?
B	Who was stranded on Treasure Island when he could not find the treasure without a map?  He was obsessed with the desire for cheese, something unavailable on the island.
C	His father died before he was born, raised by his mother Clara and Peggotty, the nursemaid.  In the second half of the novel, Uriah Heep is the antagonist.  Many see this, written as an autobiography, as being based on the events in the author’s life.  Who is this man who grows up within the book.
D	Who is the school master who falls in love with a wealthy lady, just to have her other suitor pretend to be a headless horseman and the school master is never seen again?
E	Rebecca nursed the title character back to health, but she is a Jew, the daughter of ____ of York.  Rebecca is tried as a witch, and in the end, she and her father are leaving England as the hero marries someone else.
F	The narrator of the novel about an obsessed whaler captain.  In fact the immortal opening statement is, “Call me _____.”
G	Huckleberry wants to escape and he finds a slave who wants to escape and move north.  They have an adventure on a raft.  Who is the escaping slave?
H	We know that Sherlock Holmes companion is also the chronicler of the exploits of Sherlock Holmes, but what is the doctor’s given name?
I	Aunt Polly punishes him for skipping school by making him spend his Saturday whitewashing the fence, but he cons a friend into doing it for him.  This among whose adventures?
J	Talk about a small character, but in this Christmas tale, he is one of the most memorable characters.  He is sick and he might not make it.  Where does this character fit into the story?  His father works for a grouchy miser who is visited by ghosts.  Who is the sick child?

This quiz was borne out of a case of mistaken identity.  I was reading about Phinehas, mentioned in question 4 above.  With his son being of the same name as a Classic Literature character, I thought Phinehas was also.  But in the Jules Verne novel, Around the World in 80 Days, the hero is Phileas Fogg, not Phineas Bogg.  But I had heard of the character, Phineas Bogg!!!  I looked it up and Phineas Bogg was a time traveler on the short-lived television show, Voyager! – short-lived when the main character accidentally killed himself, not knowing that the packing in a blank pistol could be just as deadly as a bullet at close range.

That got me thinking of my favorite Classic Literature stories that I read in school.  We could not read a Hardy Boys book and give a book report.  We had to read a novel from their list of classics.  When my boys were in school, the list had changed, maybe school by school differences.  I remember one list that had The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man, both novels by Dashiell Hammett, and neither had been on my classics list in school.

Bible References and Literary Work and Author:

#	Question	Bible References	Answer
1	Who was the son of Abram and Hagar?	Genesis 16:11
2	Who was named by God when Sarah laughed, thinking she was too old to produce a child?	Genesis 17:19
3	Who was named one thing as Rachel died as the son was born, but Jacob changed the name, making him the twelfth son of Jacob?	Genesis 35:18
4	Whose name means that God has left the people of Israel?  The name comes from the fact that his father, Phinehas, son of Eli, had died in battle and the ark of the covenant was captured.	1 Samuel 4:21
5	Who was anointed to be king and follow the reign of King Saul, soon after Samuel had prophesied that Saul’s reign was cursed?	1 Samuel 16:13
6	Who was an evil king of Israel, married to Jezebel, most evil king of Israel to that point?	1 Kings 16:29-31
7	Who baptized Jesus?	Matthew 3:13
8	Which disciple doubted that Jesus rose from the dead but believed when Jesus appeared before him?	John 20:24-29
9	Who was the apostle killed by the sword, one of the first martyrs?  He was a Son of Thunder.	Acts 12:2
10	Whose mother was a Jew, and his father was Greek?  When he became a Christian, Paul saw the benefit of him accompanying him and Silas.  And Paul would write letters to him later on.	Acts 16:1-3
#	Question	Literary Work and Author	Answer
A	Who is the obsessed captain of a whaling ship, obsessed with a great white whale?	Moby Dick by Herman Melville
B	Who was stranded on Treasure Island when he could not find the treasure without a map?  He was obsessed with the desire for cheese, something unavailable on the island.	Treasure Island by Robert Lewis Stevenson
C	His father died before he was born, raised by his mother Clara and Peggotty, the nursemaid.  In the second half of the novel, Uriah Heep is the antagonist.  Many see this, written as an autobiography, as being based on the events in the author’s life.  Who is this man who grows up within the book.	The answer by Charles Dickens
D	Who is the school master who falls in love with a wealthy lady, just to have her other suitor pretend to be a headless horseman and the school master is never seen again?	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
E	Rebecca nursed the title character back to health, but she is a Jew, the daughter of ____ of York.  Rebecca is tried as a witch, and in the end, she and her father are leaving England as the hero marries someone else.	Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
F	The narrator of the novel about an obsessed whaler captain.  In fact the immortal opening statement is, “Call me _____.”	Moby Dick by Herman Melville
G	Huckleberry wants to escape and he finds a slave who wants to escape and move north.  They have an adventure on a raft.  Who is the escaping slave?	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
H	We know that Sherlock Holmes companion is also the chronicler of the exploits of Sherlock Holmes, but what is the doctor’s given name?	Several collections of Sherlock Holmes short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
I	Aunt Polly punishes him for skipping school by making him spend his Saturday whitewashing the fence, but he cons a friend into doing it for him.  This among whose adventures?	The Adventures of the answer by Mark Twain
J	Talk about a small character, but in this Christmas tale, he is one of the most memorable characters.  He is sick and he might not make it.  Where does this character fit into the story?  His father works for a grouchy miser who is visited by ghosts.  Who is the sick child?	A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

I wonder if you were like me?  It bothered me that I had to read a book from a list.  I wanted to read what I liked reading.  I like historical fiction, mysteries, and adventures.

But, ah, I then chose the Mark Twain novels and memoires on the list.  I chose the Captain Horatio Hornblower novels.  One of my favorite novels was Baroness Orczy’s The Scarlet Pimpernel.  Then the novels of Alexandre Dumas and Jules Verne.  My most ambitious six-week oral book report was War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy.  In knowing that this was a monumental task in such a short time, and English being only one of many subjects, the teacher let me use the abridged version.  I still think it was around 2,000 pages.  Odd, I did that in six weeks, getting an “A”, but most people think it is impossible to read the Bible in a year’s time.

The classics are great, but reading the Bible is very important.  The Bible, even by its name, is a collection of books.  There is adventure.  There is romance.  There is history, poetry, and songs.  And we get to know the Creator of the universe.

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The Answers:

#	Question	Bible References	Answer
1	Who was the son of Abram and Hagar?	Genesis 16:11	Ishmael
2	Who was named by God when Sarah laughed, thinking she was too old to produce a child?	Genesis 17:19	Isaac
3	Who was named one thing as Rachel died as the son was born, but Jacob changed the name, making him the twelfth son of Jacob?	Genesis 35:18	Benjamin
4	Whose name means that God has left the people of Israel?  The name comes from the fact that his father, Phinehas, son of Eli, had died in battle and the ark of the covenant was captured.	1 Samuel 4:21	Ichabod
5	Who was anointed to be king and follow the reign of King Saul, soon after Samuel had prophesied that Saul’s reign was cursed?	1 Samuel 16:13	David
6	Who was an evil king of Israel, married to Jezebel, most evil king of Israel to that point?	1 Kings 16:29-31	Ahab
7	Who baptized Jesus?	Matthew 3:13	John
8	Which disciple doubted that Jesus rose from the dead but believed when Jesus appeared before him?	John 20:24-29	Thomas
9	Who was the apostle killed by the sword, one of the first martyrs?  He was a Son of Thunder.	Acts 12:2	James
10	Whose mother was a Jew, and his father was Greek?  When he became a Christian, Paul saw the benefit of him accompanying him and Silas.  And Paul would write letters to him later on.	Acts 16:1-3	Timothy
#	Question	Literary Work and Author	Answer
A	Who is the obsessed captain of a whaling ship, obsessed with a great white whale?	Moby Dick by Herman Melville	Captain Ahab
B	Who was stranded on Treasure Island when he could not find the treasure without a map?  He was obsessed with the desire for cheese, something unavailable on the island.	Treasure Island by Robert Lewis Stevenson	Ben Gunn
C	His father died before he was born, raised by his mother Clara and Peggotty, the nursemaid.  In the second half of the novel, Uriah Heep is the antagonist.  Many see this, written as an autobiography, as being based on the events in the author’s life.  Who is this man who grows up within the book.	The answer by Charles Dickens	David Copperfield
D	Who is the school master who falls in love with a wealthy lady, just to have her other suitor pretend to be a headless horseman and the school master is never seen again?	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving	Ichabod Crane
E	Rebecca nursed the title character back to health, but she is a Jew, the daughter of ____ of York.  Rebecca is tried as a witch, and in the end, she and her father are leaving England as the hero marries someone else.	Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott	Isaac of York
F	The narrator of the novel about an obsessed whaler captain.  In fact the immortal opening statement is, “Call me _____.”	Moby Dick by Herman Melville	Ishmael
G	Huckleberry wants to escape and he finds a slave who wants to escape and move north.  They have an adventure on a raft.  Who is the escaping slave?	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain	Jim
H	We know that Sherlock Holmes companion is also the chronicler of the exploits of Sherlock Holmes, but what is the doctor’s given name?	Several collections of Sherlock Holmes short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Dr. John Watson, whose wife is Mary (late in the series)
I	Aunt Polly punishes him for skipping school by making him spend his Saturday whitewashing the fence, but he cons a friend into doing it for him.  This among whose adventures?	The Adventures of the answer by Mark Twain	Tom Sawyer
J	Talk about a small character, but in this Christmas tale, he is one of the most memorable characters.  He is sick and he might not make it.  Where does this character fit into the story?  His father works for a grouchy miser who is visited by ghosts.  Who is the sick child?	A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens	Tiny Tim Cratchit

And the matches are 1-F, Ishmael; 2-E, Isaac; 3-B, Benjamin (Ben); 4-D, Ichabod; 5-C, David; 6-A, Ahab; 7-H, John; 8-I, Thomas (Tom); 9-G, James (Jim); 10-J, Timothy (Tim).

Whether you did well on this quiz or, not so well, here Esther Mui singing Psalm 91.

Here is Keith and Kristyn Getty singing a different tune than I am used to of When I Survey the Wonderous Cross.

Here is Joshua Sherman singing Psalm 23 (I am not Alone).

Here is the Grosse Pointe Memorial Church (Virtual Choir – probably during the COVID lockdown) singing In Christ There Is No East or West.

After the first psalm, Psalm 91 composed by Moses, the other three songs are written, maybe initially, by people who have the same name as some of the question’s answer: Sir Isaac Watts, King David (Psalm 23), and John Oxenham.

If you like these Saturday morning Bible quizzes, but you think you missed a few, you can use this LINK. I have set up a page off the home page for links to these Saturday morning posts. I will continue to modify the page as I add more.

Soli Deo Gloria.  Only to God be the Glory.