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