25 Hard Revelation 6 Quiz Questions and Answers

Answer 1: D: The great earthquake is the first item listed when the sixth seal is opened, before the sun, moon, or stars are described. Distractors A, C, and E all name real events from the same passage but they follow the earthquake in the text.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:12, “and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood.”

Answer 2: B: Power was given to the rider on the red horse to take peace from the earth. He also received a great sword, but taking peace is the stated purpose of his going out. Distractor A names the work of the black horse rider, not the red.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:4, “power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another.”

Answer 3: A: The rider on the white horse had a bow. Distractor C names the instrument of the black horse rider, and distractor B names what was given to the red horse rider.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:2, “and he that sat on him had a bow.”

Answer 4: C: The text gives the rider’s name as Death. Pestilence is a common tradition added to the four horsemen but is not the name given in this chapter.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:8, “and his name that sat on him was Death.”

Answer 5: B: The souls cried that God would judge and avenge their blood. The verb is specific and judicial; the other options name related but distinct concepts.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:10, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?”

Answer 6: E: Hell followed with Death. Famine is one of the means of killing assigned to them (with hunger), not what followed. Darkness is not mentioned at all. Both A and C are therefore false, making the compound D false as well.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:8, “and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.”

Answer 7: D: The oil and the wine were not to be hurt. Distractor A is a trap because wheat and barley are priced in the same verse, but the command of restraint concerns the oil and the wine alone.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:6, “see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.”

Answer 8: A: A crown was given to the rider on the white horse. Distractor B names what the red horse rider received, and distractor C names what the black horse rider carried.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:2, “and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.”

Answer 9: C: The horse of the fourth rider was pale. The other three colours name real horses earlier in the chapter. Crimson is a distractor that does not appear in the text.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:8, “And I looked, and behold a pale horse.”

Answer 10: B: The sun became black as sackcloth of hair. The comparison to sackcloth is the specific simile given in the text. The other options describe darkness but with images not drawn from this passage.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:12, “the sun became black as sackcloth of hair.”

Answer 11: D: Power was given over the fourth part of the earth. A third part is used extensively in the trumpet judgments of Revelation 8 and 9, making it a strong trap for those who merge the seal and trumpet passages.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:8, “And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth.”

Answer 12: E: White robes were given to every one of the souls. Distractor B echoes the promise to Pergamos in chapter two, and distractor D echoes the sealing of chapter seven, neither of which is the gift given here.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:11, “And white robes were given unto every one of them.”

Answer 13: B: The heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together. The other options describe cloth being removed but use images not drawn from this verse.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:14, “And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together.”

Answer 14: A: The souls were slain for the word of God and the testimony which they held. The pairing of these two is the stated cause. Distractor D is plausible but the text does not specify kings as the audience of their witness.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:9, “the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held.”

Answer 15: C: The voice of the fourth beast called out at the fourth seal. Each seal is paired with a specific beast in order: first, second, third, fourth. “None of the above” fails because C is verifiably correct from the text.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:7, “And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.”

Answer 16: D: The rich men are listed among the seven groups who hid themselves. Merchants, shepherds, soldiers, and scribes are not in the list given: kings, great men, rich men, chief captains, mighty men, every bondman, and every free man.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:15, “And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves.”

Answer 17: B: A measure of wheat cost a penny. Three measures of barley were also a penny, making the barley price the trap for those who confuse the two figures in the same verse.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:6, “A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny.”

Answer 18: E: The stars fell as a fig tree casts her untimely figs when shaken of a mighty wind. The simile is domestic and botanical, which rules out the military and elemental imagery of the other options.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:13, “the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.”

Answer 19: A: The souls were under the altar. Distractor B echoes the four and twenty elders in chapters four and five, not the martyred souls of the fifth seal.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:9, “I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God.”

Answer 20: C: The rider on the black horse had a pair of balances, the image of measured scarcity. Distractor A names the weapon of the white horse rider, and distractor B names what was given to the red horse rider.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:5, “and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.”

Answer 21: B: They said to mountains and rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.” The request is to be crushed and covered, not merely sheltered. The other options use similar address forms but invent the content.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:16, “And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.”

Answer 22: D: Every mountain and island were moved out of their places. The text does not say they were destroyed, submerged, or burned, only displaced. The precision of the phrase distinguishes this from the more extreme options.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:14, “and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.”

Answer 23: A: The horse that carried the rider who took peace from the earth was red. The other real colours name actual horses in the same chapter but belong to different riders.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:4, “And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth.”

Answer 24: E: The moon became as blood, appearing red. Darkness and concealment describe the sun in the same passage but not the moon. Both A and C describe concealment or darkness, making the compound D doubly false.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:12, “and the moon became as blood.”

Answer 25: C: The passage closes with “For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?” The specific genitive, his wrath, ties the day to the One on the throne and to the Lamb, not to harvest or tribulation.
KJV Reference: Revelation 6:17, “For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?”