--- title: Daniel, Jonah and the prophets — how Mova does on the tests · Religion ethics description: Lesson 10 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 12 tests right, exam 3 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/) / 10 # Daniel, Jonah and the prophets **Tests:** 6 of 12 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★★ · **Understood:** 8 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 10 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/). Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/). ### Test 1 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} my cousin: «daniel went in the furnace and jonah got the lions». fix it - **1.** Daniel was in the fish and Jonah in the den — no support - **2.** All four of them were thrown to the lions together, and none was hurt — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 - **3.** Jonah was in the furnace and Daniel in the fish — no support - **4.** Daniel was in the lions' den; his three friends were in the furnace — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 10, line 10: «Daniel kept praying to God three times a day despite a law forbidding it, was thrown to the lions and was kept safe.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «throw» (+4); the same receiver «lions» (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t2} «just bow to the stupid statue, nobody's gonna know, ugh come ON». What did the three friends answer? - **1.** They would bow once and never again — no support - **2.** They would stay faithful even if God did not save them — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **3.** They would ask the king for more time — no support - **4.** They would bow down outside but keep praying to God secretly inside — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 10, line 8: «Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego refused to bow to a golden statue and said they would stay faithful even if God did not rescue them.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stay» (+5); the same property (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t3} A Muslim classmate fasting in Ramadan says: «it's hard to keep my faith's rules at school». Which story fits best? - **1.** Solomon, who turned to other gods — no support - **2.** Daniel, who kept God's food laws respectfully far from home — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 18 - **3.** Jonah, who ran away from God — score 4 - **4.** Goliath, who mocked his enemies — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 18, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 10, line 2: «Daniel and his friends, captives in Babylon, kept God's food laws; Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego would not bow to a golden statue and walked unharmed in the f…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «keep» (+4); the same doer «daniel» (+4); the same thing acted on «food laws» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t4} Your mate: «the school's new rule is no talking at lunch. like daniel, we should all ignore it». What is the best answer? - **1.** Daniel ignored every rule in Babylon — no support - **2.** Daniel refused a law against praying to God, not every rule he disliked — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **3.** Daniel would shout louder than anyone — no support - **4.** Daniel would leave the school at once — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 10, line 7: «Daniel and his friends, captives in Babylon, kept God's food laws and stayed healthy on vegetables and water.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same thing acted on «food laws» (+3); the same doer «daniel» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} «the guy in the whale story was a hero who went straight where god said». right? - **1.** Yes, Jonah went at once, gladly and quickly — no support - **2.** No, Jonah first ran away the other way — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Yes, and the whale carried him all the way there — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **4.** No, Jonah never actually got to Nineveh at all — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 9, line 13: «Solomon built the first great Temple in Jerusalem as a house for worshipping God, yet he prayed that even the heavens cannot contain God, much less a house.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «contain» (+2); the same thing acted on «god» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} «nineveh were the baddies so god shoulda smashed them, done». What does the book of Jonah say? - **1.** God's mercy is for everyone, even enemies who repent — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** God always destroys bad cities — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **3.** Only Jonah's people can be saved — no support - **4.** Nineveh was never forgiven, however sorry its people were — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 10, line 12: «God sent Jonah to warn the city of Nineveh, but Jonah ran away on a ship going the other way.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «god» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «city» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} A friend with no religion asks: «do you seriously think a guy lived in a fish?» A fair answer? - **1.** All Christians say it is a joke — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The Bible says it was only a dream — no support - **3.** Christians differ: some read it as history, others as a teaching story about second chances — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** All Christians say it was a submarine — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t8} Your report says «talks in class constantly, will fail if not fixed». What is this like? - **1.** The writing on the wall, a clear warning — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Isaiah's peaceable kingdom, where the wolf lives with the lamb — no support - **3.** The lions' den — no support - **4.** The plant that gave shade — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} You were upset when a broken toy was thrown out, but didn't care about the new kid crying. Which story asks you to think again? - **1.** Jonah's plant, about caring for people more than things — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** The writing on the wall, about pride — no support - **3.** The fiery furnace, about not bowing — no support - **4.** Daniel's food, about keeping the rules of your faith far from home — **← Mova's choice** · score 10 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 10, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 6, line 5: «Christians believe this story shows that God sees people who are treated unfairly and sets them free; for a child today it means standing up for the weak, bein…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «story» (+4). The right option, 1, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} A judge asks: «Who speaks like a prophet today?» - **1.** Anyone who can guess the future — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** People who are famous online — no support - **3.** People who speak up for those treated unfairly and tell the truth to power — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Only kings and presidents — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t11} A judge follows up: «Why does the book of Jonah end with a question?» - **1.** So every reader must answer whether they care about others as God does — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Because the last page was lost — no support - **3.** Because Jonah did not know the answer either and simply stopped writing there — no support - **4.** So that the story would be shorter — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t12} «what would swords into ploughs even look like now lol». Best example? - **1.** Turning money for weapons into money for farms and schools — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Building bigger and bigger armies so that nobody dares to start a war — no support - **3.** Banning all farming — no support - **4.** Making plough-shaped swords — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Identify the conduct for which, according to the Book of Daniel, Daniel was consigned to the den of lions. - **1.** His persistence in prayer to God notwithstanding a royal prohibition — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** His refusal to consume the provisions of the royal table — no support - **3.** His flight from the city of Babylon — no support - **4.** His theft of gold from the royal treasury — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the response of the three companions of Daniel to the royal command? - **1.** They declined to venerate the image, avowing fidelity even should deliverance not be granted — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** They petitioned the king for exemption on grounds of age — no support - **3.** They fled the realm prior to the promulgation of the decree — no support - **4.** They venerated the image upon receiving assurance of safety — no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} It is given that the inhabitants of Nineveh repented subsequent to the preaching of Jonah. Determine the disposition of the prophet in respect of their deliverance. - **1.** He departed immediately for Jerusalem — no support - **2.** He remained ignorant of their deliverance — no support - **3.** He was displeased that the city was spared — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** He rejoiced exceedingly at their salvation — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 10, line 3: «Jonah was sent to warn Nineveh but ran away on a ship; thrown into the sea, he was swallowed by a great fish, and when he finally preached, the whole city said…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «spare» (+2); the same thing acted on «city» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Select the response consistent with the established text concerning the vision of Isaiah. - **1.** Ploughs are to be beaten into swords for a final war — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The wolf shall devour the lamb, and swords shall be multiplied across all the earth — no support - **3.** All animals shall be removed from the land — no support - **4.** Swords are to be beaten into ploughshares, and the wolf shall dwell with the lamb — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/e4/) - ← previous: [9. King David and King Solomon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/) - next →: [11. Psalms and Proverbs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/11-psalms-and-proverbs/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/)