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WorksheetsOrpheus & Eurydice Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
