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.
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Responses

rivers
rivers

banks
banks

music
music

rivers

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)
Responses

raised
raised

emerged from
emerged from

made a way into

made a way into