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  • 1. What was Orpheus known for?
A) Fighting
B) Cooking
C) Acting
D) Music
  • 2. Who was Orpheus' wife?
A) Athena
B) Eurydice
C) Hera
D) Persephone
  • 3. What magical instrument did Orpheus play?
A) Lyre
B) Flute
C) Drums
D) Trumpet
  • 4. What creature killed Orpheus in the end?
A) Harpy
B) Cerberus
C) Maenads
D) Minotaur
  • 5. How did Orpheus die?
A) Fell from a cliff
B) Torn apart by Maenads
C) Struck by lightning
D) Bitten by a snake
  • 6. What did Orpheus attempt to do in the underworld?
A) Conquer Hades
B) Rescue his wife
C) Challenge the Fates
D) Retrieve a treasure
  • 7. Who was Orpheus' father?
A) Poseidon
B) Apollo
C) Zeus
D) Hades
  • 8. What was the name of the river Orpheus crossed to enter the underworld?
A) Amazon
B) Tigris
C) Nile
D) Styx
  • 9. In Greek mythology, what was Orpheus known for?
A) A renowned sculptor
B) An Olympic athlete
C) A famous warrior
D) A legendary musician and prophet
  • 10. Who accompanied Orpheus in his quest for the Golden Fleece?
A) Jason and the Argonauts
B) Odysseus
C) Hercules
D) Perseus
  • 11. What was Orpheus's role in the 'Orphic' mysteries?
A) Adversary
B) Disciple
C) Scribe
D) Founder and prophet
  • 12. Which ancient Greek poet is noted for calling Orpheus the 'father of songs'?
A) Euripides
B) Sophocles
C) Homer
D) Pindar
  • 13. Which ancient writer did not believe in the existence of Orpheus?
A) Homer
B) Aristotle
C) Euripides
D) Plato
  • 14. Who was Orpheus's mother according to mythology?
A) Artemis
B) Hera
C) Athena
D) The Muse Calliope
  • 15. What did Orpheus reportedly teach cannibals, according to Horace?
A) To hunt more effectively
B) To build shelters
C) To fish
D) To subsist on fruit
  • 16. Which Greek hero is Orpheus compared to for visiting the underworld and returning?
A) Odysseus
B) Theseus
C) Hercules
D) Perseus
  • 17. What role did Orpheus play in the Argonautic voyage?
A) Navigator
B) Shipbuilder
C) Lookout
D) Coxswain and guardian of Jason's children
  • 18. What was one of Orpheus's contributions to humankind according to some sources?
A) Architecture and sculpture
B) Maritime navigation
C) Medicine, writing, and agriculture
D) Philosophy
  • 19. What did Strabo describe Orpheus as doing for money?
A) Farming
B) Blacksmithing
C) Musician and 'wizard'
D) Trading spices
  • 20. Which composer created the ballet 'Orpheus' in 1948?
A) Jacques Offenbach
B) Igor Stravinsky
C) Claudio Monteverdi
D) Franz Liszt
  • 21. What does the name Eurydice mean?
A) She whose justice extends widely.
B) She who loves music.
C) Mistress of the underworld.
D) Goddess of dance.
  • 22. Which composer wrote 'Orphée aux Enfers' in 1858?
A) Igor Stravinsky
B) Jacques Offenbach
C) Franz Liszt
D) Claudio Monteverdi
  • 23. Who wrote the novel 'A Song for Ella Grey' inspired by Orpheus and Eurydice?
A) Sarah Ruhl
B) Margaret Atwood
C) David Almond
D) Rainer Maria Rilke
  • 24. Which Hugo Award-winning novelette by Poul Anderson is a science fiction retelling of the Orpheus story?
A) Goat Song
B) Orpheus and Eurydice Cycle
C) A Song for Ella Grey
D) Sonnets to Orpheus
  • 25. Which filmmaker adapted 'Orfeu da Conceição' into the film Black Orpheus?
A) Philip Glass
B) Vinicius de Moraes
C) Marcel Camus
D) Jean Cocteau
  • 26. Which composer created a chamber opera based on Jean Cocteau's 'Orpheus'?
A) Igor Stravinsky
B) Claudio Monteverdi
C) Philip Glass
D) Christoph Willibald Gluck
  • 27. Which award did the stage adaptation of Anaïs Mitchell's 'Hadestown' win?
A) Pulitzer Prize
B) Hugo Award
C) Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
D) Multiple Tony awards
  • 28. Which composer's mono-opera 'Orpheus. Eurydike. Hermes' premiered in 2023?
A) Harrison Birtwistle
B) Vladimir Genin
C) Claudio Monteverdi
D) Igor Stravinsky
  • 29. Who was believed to have brought certain bronze tablets describing the fate of souls in Hades from the land of the Hyperboreans?
A) Orpheus and Musaeus
B) Homer and Hesiod
C) Two seers
D) Aristotle and Plato
  • 30. Which composer wrote 'L'Orfeo' in 1607?
A) Igor Stravinsky
B) Marc-Antoine Charpentier
C) Claudio Monteverdi
D) Luigi Rossi
  • 31. Who is said to have written the so-called Orphic epic poems?
A) Euripides
B) Onomacritus
C) Aristotle
D) Homer
  • 32. Where did Orpheus live according to Strabo?
A) Bisaltia
B) Olympus
C) Thrace
D) Pimpleia
  • 33. What was the condition set by Hades and Persephone for Eurydice's return to the upper world?
A) Orpheus must sing continuously.
B) Orpheus must sacrifice a golden lyre.
C) Orpheus should not look back until they both reached the upper world.
D) Eurydice must follow Orpheus silently.
  • 34. What genre is Anaïs Mitchell's 'Hadestown'?
A) Operetta
B) Folk opera musical
C) Ballet
D) Symphonic poem
  • 35. Where was Orpheus killed by Thracian Maenads?
A) Mount Olympus
B) Athens
C) Mount Pangaion
D) Delphi
  • 36. Which composer wrote 'Orfeo ed Euridice' in 1762?
A) Igor Stravinsky
B) Joseph Haydn
C) Franz Liszt
D) Christoph Willibald Gluck
  • 37. Where were Orpheus' body fragments buried by the Muses?
A) Delphi
B) Athens
C) Leibethra below Mount Olympus
D) Sparta
  • 38. Which Greek epic poem features Orpheus as an Argonaut?
A) Argonautica
B) Odyssey
C) Iliad
D) Theogony
  • 39. Which river is associated with the ancient Greek city of Tanais mentioned in Virgil's account?
A) Don River
B) Rhine River
C) Euphrates River
D) Nile River
  • 40. Which composer's work 'Orpheus' is a symphonic poem from 1854?
A) Igor Stravinsky
B) Claudio Monteverdi
C) Joseph Haydn
D) Franz Liszt
  • 41. Where was the Derveni papyrus discovered?
A) Delphi
B) Sparta
C) Athens
D) Derveni, Macedonia (Greece)
  • 42. Which early 13th-century Breton lai is based on the Orpheus myth?
A) Sir Orfeo
B) L'Orfeo
C) Euridice
D) Orphée aux Enfers
  • 43. What is the name of Jean Cocteau's film trilogy inspired by Orpheus?
A) The Song Of Orpheus
B) Orphic Trilogy
C) Testament of Orpheus
D) Black Orpheus
  • 44. In which Neil Gaiman series does Orpheus appear in the issue 'The Song Of Orpheus'?
A) Orfeu da Conceição
B) Orphic Trilogy
C) Sandman comics series
D) Hadestown
  • 45. Which mythological figure did Orpheus establish the worship of in Aegina?
A) Demeter
B) Persephone
C) Athena
D) Hecate
  • 46. Who composed 'Euridice' in 1600, with a libretto based on Ovid's Metamorphoses?
A) Jacopo Peri
B) Claudio Monteverdi
C) Luigi Rossi
D) Marc-Antoine Charpentier
  • 47. Which poet first introduces the name of Aristaeus in relation to Eurydice's death?
A) Virgil
B) Homer
C) Apollonius Rhodius
D) Ovid
  • 48. Who wrote the play 'Orfeu da Conceição' that was later adapted into a film?
A) Vinicius de Moraes
B) Philip Glass
C) Marcel Camus
D) Jean Cocteau
  • 49. Which composer wrote 'The Mask of Orpheus' between 1973 and 1984?
A) Igor Stravinsky
B) Vladimir Genin
C) Claudio Monteverdi
D) Harrison Birtwistle
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