Orpheus and Eurydice Quick Check
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following excerpts from Orpheus and Eurydice is an example of hyperbole?
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…even the ice-hard heart of Hades melted.
…even the ice-hard heart of Hades melted.
…the music he played tore at the hearts of everyone who followed.
…the music he played tore at the hearts of everyone who followed.
…Persephone, her face veiled by the shadows of that terrible place.
…even the ice-hard heart of Hades melted.
Orpheus and Eurydice Quick Check
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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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rivers
rivers
banks
banks
music
Orpheus and Eurydice Quick Check
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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.
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raised
raised
emerged from
emerged from
made a way into