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