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