Daniel 11 Quiz Questions And Answers

Daniel 11 is one of the most detailed prophetic chapters in all of Scripture, moving through a long sweep of kings, alliances, and conflicts with striking precision. Every answer in this quiz is drawn straight from the chapter itself.

If you know this chapter well, let this quiz put it to the test.

Question 1: In whose first year did the speaker say he stood to confirm and to strengthen himself?

A. Cyrus the Persian
B. Belshazzar the Chaldean
C. Darius the Mede
D. King Nebuchadnezzar
E. Ahasuerus the Medes

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Answer 1: C: The chapter opens with the words “in the first year of Darius the Mede,” naming the reign in which the speaker stood to confirm and strengthen. Option A (Cyrus) and option B (Belshazzar) both belong to Daniel’s era and are easily confused, but the verse names Darius the Mede specifically.
KJV Reference: Daniel 11:1 (KJV): “Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.”

Question 2: The fourth king of Persia, far richer than all the others, would stir up all against which realm?

A. The realm of Grecia
B. The realm of Egypt
C. The kingdom of Media
D. The house of Israel
E. The kingdom of Chittim

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Answer 2: A: The prophecy foretold three kings in Persia, then a fourth far richer who by his strength through riches would stir up all against the realm of Grecia. Option B (Egypt) becomes prominent later in the chapter as the king of the south, but the fourth Persian king’s target was named as Grecia.
KJV Reference: Daniel 11:2 (KJV): “the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.”

Question 3: How is the mighty king who stands up after the Persian kings described?

A. He shall reign a short time and quickly fall
B. He shall serve under the king of the south
C. He shall build a sanctuary in the glorious land
D. He shall rule with great dominion doing his will
E. He shall divide his kingdom before he ever reigns

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Answer 3: D: The mighty king is described as one who would rule with great dominion and do according to his will. Option A anticipates what happens next, when his kingdom is broken, but the description of the king himself emphasizes his sweeping power and self-will, not a short reign.
KJV Reference: Daniel 11:3 (KJV): “And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.”

Question 4: When the mighty king stood up and his kingdom was broken, in what direction was it divided?

A. Toward the four rivers of Eden
B. Toward the four winds of heaven
C. Toward the four corners of the earth
D. Among his four sons equally
E. Toward the north and the south only

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Answer 4: B: His kingdom was broken and divided toward the four winds of heaven, and not to his posterity. Option C (four corners of the earth) is a familiar biblical phrase that sounds similar, but the verse says the four winds of heaven, and adds pointedly that the division did not follow his own family line.
KJV Reference: Daniel 11:4 (KJV): “his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity”

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Question 5: In the end of years, why would the king’s daughter of the south come to the king of the north?

A. To bring tribute of silver and gold
B. To flee from the ships of Chittim
C. To worship the God of forces
D. To raise up an army against him
E. To make an agreement with him

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Answer 5: E: The king’s daughter of the south came to the king of the north to make an agreement, though the verse adds that she would not retain the power of the arm. Option D (raise up an army) is the opposite of her purpose; the union was meant to secure peace, not war, even though it failed.
KJV Reference: Daniel 11:6 (KJV): “the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement”

Question 6: What did the king of the south carry captive into Egypt, along with their gods and their princes?

A. Their precious vessels of silver and gold
B. The daily sacrifice and the holy covenant
C. The tabernacles of his royal palace
D. The chief of the children of Ammon and Edom
E. The stones of the holy sanctuary

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Answer 6: A: He carried into Egypt their gods, their princes, and their precious vessels of silver and of gold, and continued more years than the king of the north. Option B names items tied to the sanctuary that appear later in the chapter, but the plunder taken into Egypt was specifically the vessels of silver and gold.
KJV Reference: Daniel 11:8 (KJV): “and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.”

Question 7: With what was the king of the south moved when he came forth to fight the king of the north?

A. Moved with fear
B. Moved with pity
C. Moved with choler
D. Moved with gladness
E. Moved with fury

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Answer 7: C: The king of the south was moved with choler, meaning anger, and came forth to fight, setting forth a great multitude. Option A (fear) would suggest retreat, but the text describes a furious advance into battle, driven by choler.
KJV Reference: Daniel 11:11 (KJV): “And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him”

Question 8: How was the raiser of taxes, who stood up in the glory of the kingdom, destroyed within few days?

A. Neither by the sword, nor by the king
B. By the ships that come from Chittim
C. In open battle before the fortress
D. By his own arms in the sanctuary
E. Neither in anger, nor in battle

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Answer 8: E: The raiser of taxes was destroyed within few days, but the verse specifies it happened neither in anger nor in battle. Option C (open battle) is exactly what the verse rules out; his end came quietly, not on a battlefield.
KJV Reference: Daniel 11:20 (KJV): “but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.”

Question 9: By what means did the vile person, to whom they would not give the honour of the kingdom, obtain it?

A. By force of an army
B. By peaceable words
C. By the promise of women
D. By tribute paid to the north
E. By casting lots among the princes

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Answer 9: B: The vile person came in peaceably and obtained the kingdom by flatteries, not by the honour openly given to him. Option A (force of a great army) is the natural assumption for seizing a throne, but the verse stresses that he gained it by flattery and a peaceable approach.
KJV Reference: Daniel 11:21 (KJV): “but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.”

Question 10: What came against him, causing him to be grieved and to have indignation against the holy covenant?

A. The four winds of heaven
B. The gathered armies of Grecia
C. The chief children of Ammon
D. The ships of Chittim
E. The people who know God

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Answer 10: D: The ships of Chittim came against him, so he was grieved, returned, and had indignation against the holy covenant. Option B (armies of Grecia) fits the broader setting of the chapter, but the specific force that turned him back was the ships of Chittim.
KJV Reference: Daniel 11:30 (KJV): “For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant”

Question 11: After polluting the sanctuary and taking away the daily sacrifice, what did his arms set up?

A. The abomination that maketh desolate
B. The tabernacles of his palace
C. A raiser of taxes in glory
D. The God of forces on the altar
E. An image of golden calf in the land

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Answer 11: A: His forces polluted the sanctuary of strength, took away the daily sacrifice, and placed the abomination that maketh desolate. Option D (the God of forces) is honoured elsewhere in the chapter, but the thing set in the sanctuary here is named the abomination that maketh desolate.
KJV Reference: Daniel 11:31 (KJV): “and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.”

Question 12: While the wicked are corrupted by flatteries, what does the chapter say the people that know their God will do?

A. Flee into Egypt with their gods
B. Be given up to the north
C. Worship the God of host
D. Retain the power of the arm
E. Be strong and do exploits

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Answer 12: E: The verse draws a sharp contrast: those who do wickedly are corrupted by flatteries, but the people that know their God shall be strong and do exploits. Option B (be given up) describes the fate of others in the chapter, while this promise sets apart those who know God as strong and active.
KJV Reference: Daniel 11:32 (KJV): “but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.”

Question 13: Along with the God of his fathers and any god at all, what else would this ruler not regard?

A. The holy covenant
B. The daily sacrifice
C. The desire of women
D. The ships of Chittim
E. The glory of the kingdom

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Answer 13: C: He would not regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor any god, for he would magnify himself above all. Option A (the holy covenant) is treated with indignation elsewhere in the chapter, but the specific thing listed here beside the gods is the desire of women.
KJV Reference: Daniel 11:37 (KJV): “Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god”

Question 14: When he entered the glorious land and many countries were overthrown, which of these escaped out of his hand?

A. Egypt, Libya, and the land of Ethiopia
B. Edom, Moab, and the children of Ammon
C. Persia, Media, and the realm of Grecia
D. Tyre, Sidon, and the coasts of Chittim
E. Judah, Benjamin, and the children of Israel

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Answer 14: B: Though many countries were overthrown, Edom, Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon escaped out of his hand. Option A (Egypt, Libya, Ethiopia) appears in the next verses as nations at his steps, but the three that escaped were Edom, Moab, and Ammon.
KJV Reference: Daniel 11:41 (KJV): “but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.”

Question 15: Where would he plant the tabernacles of his palace before he came to his end?

A. In the fortress of the northern king
B. Upon the sea coasts of distant Chittim
C. In the midst of the land of Egypt
D. Between the seas in the holy mountain
E. On the north side by the hill Moreh

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Answer 15: D: He would plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain, yet come to his end with none to help him. Option A (the fortress of the north) recalls earlier battles in the chapter, but his final position is set between the seas in the glorious holy mountain.
KJV Reference: Daniel 11:45 (KJV): “And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.”

The most striking line in this long chapter is short: the people that know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. Around it swirl kings, armies, treaties, and betrayals, empires rising and falling on their own ambition. Yet the ones who actually stand are simply those who know God. Knowing him, not power or cunning or wealth, is what holds a person steady when everything around them is in motion. When the world feels like a chessboard of forces beyond our control, that verse remains a quiet anchor: the ones who know their God are never among the pieces swept off the board.

Daniel 11 Quiz Questions and Answers