A)
Multiple Choice
Which of the following excerpts from Orpheus and Eurydice is an example of hyperbole?
(1 point)
…even the ice-hard heart of Hades melted.
…the music he played tore at the hearts of everyone who followed.
…Persephone, her face veiled by the shadows of that terrible place.
The excerpt "…even the ice-hard heart of Hades melted." is an example of hyperbole.
A)
Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the antecedent of the pronoun theirs in the sentence below?
Rivers stopped flowing along the banks so that they could hear Orpheus, whose music was
more harmonious than theirs.
(1 point)
rivers
banks
music
The antecedent of the pronoun "theirs" in the sentence is "music."
A)
Multiple Choice
Which of the following meanings of the vocabulary word broached is used in the following
excerpt from Orpheus and Eurydice?
In vain, Orpheus tried to follow his bride. But this time the Underworld was firmly closed to
him. No other mortal had broached it once, and certainly he was not going to get a second
chance.
(1 point)
raised
emerged from
made a way into