Orpheus & Eurydice Review

What instrument is Orpheus famous for playing?

• Flute

• Lyre

• Drums

• Guitar

What was the name of Orpheus' new bride?

• Andromeda

• Arachne

• Persephone

• Eurydice

What was the bad omen at the wedding?

• bride was late

• Eris (goddess of conflict) turned up

• torches sputtered with black smoke

• thunder and lightning

How did Eurydice die?

• Struck with an arrow in a hunting accident

• Bitten by a snake

• Poisoned by Orpheus

• Struck by Zeus' lightning

What is the name of the river that the dead have to cross?

• Phlegethon

• Acheron

• Lethe

• Styx

What are the (Greek) names of the king and queen of the Underworld?

• Ares and Proserpina

• Pluto and Demeter

• Hades and Persephone

• Charon and Hecabe

What is one thing that Orpheus does NOT sing about to persuade the rulers of the Underworld to give his wife back?

• threatens to kidnap Cerberus if he isn't given Eurydice

• that Pluto was also subject to the power of Amor (Love)

• everybody is going to die eventually, so Pluto will get Eurydice back then

• Eurydice died too young

What warning is Orpheus given before he leaves?

• Don't ever come here again!

• Don't look back until you have emerged from the Underworld!

• Don't ever try to sing again when you get back home!

• Don't let Eurydice go walking barefoot again!

Which poet wrote the version of "O & E" that you read?

• Livy

• Homer

• Virgil

• Ovid

Who is NOT an inhabitant of the Underworld?

• Tantalus

• Sisyphus

• Heracles

• Ixion