Orpheus and the Quest to Defy Death

Orpheus and the Quest to Defy Death

Assessment

Interactive Video

Performing Arts

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Nancy Jackson

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main theme introduced at the beginning of the story?

The power of music

The strength of friendship

The inevitability of death

The beauty of nature

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who taught Orpheus to play the lyre?

Zeus

Poseidon

Apollo

Hades

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What tragic event occurred on Orpheus and Eurydice's wedding day?

Eurydice was kidnapped

Orpheus was cursed

Eurydice was bitten by a snake

Orpheus lost his lyre

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which heroes are mentioned as having visited the underworld before Orpheus?

Achilles and Hector

Theseus and Heracles

Jason and Perseus

Odysseus and Ajax

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the condition set by Hades for Orpheus to bring Eurydice back?

Orpheus must defeat Cerberus

Orpheus must not look back at Eurydice

Orpheus must play a song for Hades

Orpheus must leave a gift for Persephone

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did Orpheus fail to bring Eurydice back to the world of the living?

He lost his lyre

He looked back at Eurydice

He forgot the way out

He was stopped by Cerberus

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is suggested as a possible reason for Orpheus's failure?

Hades tricked him

The path was too dark

Eurydice didn't want to leave

Orpheus was too slow

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