ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE

Eurydice dies because she

• is chosen to be Hades bride.

• does not want to marry Orpheus.

• is bitten by a snake on her wedding day.

• falls into the river Styx.

As Orpheus travels to the Underworld, all of the creatures he encounters

• attempt to stop him at the gate. 

•  lead him toward the hissing flame.

•  express their sorrow for his loss. 

• become hush and stilled. 

When Hades hears Orpheus's music, he

• weeps at its beauty,

• asks Orpheus to describe his troubles,

• is angry that Orpheus has entered the Underworld,

• fears Orpheus's power.

As Orpheus leaves the Underworld, he

• thanks the gods and goddesses.

• takes the flock of ghosts with him.

• listens for any sound from Eurydice.

• vows never to play music again.

Which of the following words best characterizes Orpheus's attitude toward  Hades? 

• admiring

• loyal

• distrustful

• snobbish

What was Orpheus's music said to do?

• Tame wild beasts and silence rivers. 

• Make the sun rise earlier.

• Make two people fall in love.

• Open the gate to the Underworld.

Orpheus loses Eurydice a second time when he 

• looks back to see if she is following him.

• takes a wrong path out of the Underworld. 

• angers the creatures in the Underworld. 

• climbs too slowly to the upper world.

What happens when Orpheus tries to return to the Underworld?

•  He is unable to persuade the ferryman to take him there.

• Hades refuses to talk to him. 

•  He is frightened away by the monsters. 

• He is unable to see in the grayness and the smoke. 

Orpheus is finally reunited with Eurydice after 

• Hades takes Eurydice back to the upper world.

•  Eurydice brings him to the Underworld. 

•  he dies at the hands of an angry mob.

• he kills himself. 

Orpheus’s journey to the Underworld is unusual because

• his stirring music brings the dead back to life. 

• only the souls of the dead typically go there. 

•  he takes Hades place as ruler of the Underworld.

• he finds the Underworld to be filled with strange creatures.