Daniel 12 brings the book to a close in just thirteen verses, yet it stands among the most weighty and closely studied chapters in the Old Testament. Every answer in this quiz comes straight from the text.
If you know this chapter well, let this quiz put it to the test.
Daniel 12 Quiz Questions and Answers
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Answer 1: B: Verse 1 names Michael, the great prince who stands for the children of Daniel’s people. Option D (the man clothed in linen) appears later in the chapter beside the river, and option A (Gabriel) is Daniel’s earlier interpreter, but the one who stands up here is Michael.
KJV Reference: Daniel 12:1 (KJV): “And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people”
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Answer 2: D: Verse 1 foretells a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation. Option B (a gathering of nations) fits the broader prophetic setting, but the specific thing named is an unequalled time of trouble.
KJV Reference: Daniel 12:1 (KJV): “and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time”
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Answer 3: A: Verse 1 says Daniel’s people will be delivered, every one found written in the book. Option B (every priest) narrows the promise to one group, but deliverance is tied to being written in the book, not to office or lineage.
KJV Reference: Daniel 12:1 (KJV): “thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.”
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Answer 4: C: Verse 2 declares that many who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake. Option B (return to the dust) is the opposite of the verse, which speaks of awaking, not remaining in the dust.
KJV Reference: Daniel 12:2 (KJV): “And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake”
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Answer 5: E: Verse 2 draws two destinies: some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. Option D (unquenchable fire) is imagery found elsewhere in Scripture, but this verse names shame and everlasting contempt.
KJV Reference: Daniel 12:2 (KJV): “some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.”
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Answer 6: B: Verse 3 says they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament. Option A (the sun) is a natural guess for shining, but the verse compares the wise to the brightness of the firmament.
KJV Reference: Daniel 12:3 (KJV): “And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament”
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Answer 7: D: Verse 3 says those who turn many to righteousness shine as the stars for ever and ever. Option B (rivers of living water) is a different biblical image, while this verse points specifically to the stars.
KJV Reference: Daniel 12:3 (KJV): “and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.”
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Answer 8: C: Verse 4 tells Daniel to shut up the words and seal the book, even to the time of the end. Option A (proclaim them) is the reverse of the instruction, which was to seal rather than announce.
KJV Reference: Daniel 12:4 (KJV): “shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end”
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Answer 9: A: Verse 4 says many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. Option E (the sanctuary cleansed) echoes a phrase from Daniel 8, but the promise here is that knowledge shall be increased.
KJV Reference: Daniel 12:4 (KJV): “many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.”
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Answer 10: E: Verse 5 says Daniel saw two others, one on this side of the bank of the river and the other on that side. Option D (beside the man in linen) misplaces them, but they stood on opposite banks of the river.
KJV Reference: Daniel 12:5 (KJV): “there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.”
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Answer 11: D: Verse 6 records the question, how long shall it be to the end of these wonders. Option A (when the sanctuary is cleansed) borrows from an earlier vision, but the question here concerns how long until the wonders are finished.
KJV Reference: Daniel 12:6 (KJV): “How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?”
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Answer 12: B: Verse 7 records the oath that it shall be for a time, times, and an half. Option C (forty and two months) is a span found in later prophecy, but this verse says a time, times, and an half.
KJV Reference: Daniel 12:7 (KJV): “that it shall be for a time, times, and an half”
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Answer 13: E: Verse 8 records Daniel’s honest words, I heard, but I understood not. Option C (show me the meaning) captures his desire, but his actual statement was that he heard yet did not understand.
KJV Reference: Daniel 12:8 (KJV): “And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?”
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Answer 14: A: Verse 11 numbers a thousand two hundred and ninety days from the taking away of the daily sacrifice. Option C (two thousand three hundred) is the number from Daniel 8, but this verse gives one thousand two hundred and ninety.
KJV Reference: Daniel 12:11 (KJV): “there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.”
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Answer 15: C: Verse 12 blesses the one who waits and comes to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days, that is, 1,335. Option A (1,290) is the number from the verse just before, so the two are easy to confuse, but the blessing is tied to the 1,335 days.
KJV Reference: Daniel 12:12 (KJV): “Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.”
