Orpheus and Eurydice Quiz

What condition did Hades set for allowing Eurydice to return to the land of the living?

• Orpheus must play music for a year in the Underworld

• Eurydice must remain silent during their ascent

• Orpheus must never look upon Eurydice until they reached the surface

• Eurydice must drink from the River Lethe to forget her time in the Underworld

Why does Orpheus ultimately fail in bringing Eurydice back from the Underworld?

• He is overcome by doubt and turns to look at her before reaching the surface

• Eurydice decides she prefers to remain in the Underworld with Persephone

• Charon refuses to ferry Eurydice across the River Styx

• Hades changes his mind and revokes his permission

What is Orpheus's secret hope when joining Jason and the Argonauts?

• To find another woman to love

• To discover magical herbs that could resurrect Eurydice

• To die honorably in battle

• To forget his sorrows through adventure

What happens to Orpheus at the hands of the followers of Dionysus?

• They force him to play music at their revelry

• They tear him limb from limb and cast his head and lyre into the river

• They make him their king and worship his music

• They drive him from Thrace into permanent exile

How do the gods honor Orpheus after his death?

• By making him the god of music

• By reuniting his soul with Eurydice in Elysium and placing his lyre as a constellation

• By allowing him to be reborn as Apollo's heir

• By preserving his music in golden scrolls for eternity

The passage "When he played, it seemed as though the very stones and rocks gained hearts" is an example of:

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Foreshadowing

What literary device is employed in describing Orpheus's music causing "the whole heart of the universe became one great, palpitating, beautiful thing"?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• metaphor

• Understatement

The comparison "Her face was white as a lily in the moonlight" is an example of:

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Synecdoche

In the text, what symbolic meaning does the lyre most prominently represent?

• Wealth and status

• The transformative and transcendent power of art

• Divine punishment

• The fragility of human life

The use of repetition: "Eurydice! Eurydice!" throughout the text emphasizes...

• his intense passion and devotion

• his physical pain

• his anger towards the gods

• his acceptance of his fate