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