Eurydice Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

How does the chorus of stones react to Orpheus' music? (from Movement Three: Scenes 1-3)

All of the stones snarl.

All of the stones laugh mockingly.

None of the stones react.

All of the stones cry.

2.

Sarah Ruhl's vision of the underworld best exemplifies how the literary genre, magical realism, influences her work. Which of these is the best definition of magical realism? (from Movement Two: Scenes 1 - 5)

. Magical realism is a literary genre wherein fantastical elements are presented as though they are quotidian.

Magical realism is a literary genre wherein fantastical elements are presented as though they are magical.

Magical realism is a literary genre wherein whether or not an element is fantastical is determined based on how a reader perceives it.

Magical realism is a literary genre that cannot be used convincingly in drama.

3.

When he is helping Eurydice relearn language, how does her father define the word, “father?” (from Movement Two: Scenes 1 - 5)

Having a father is like sitting in the shade of a large tree.

A father is the person who gives his daughter her name.

A father is the person who teaches his daughter how to read and write.

A father is the most important person at a wedding.

4.

Orpheus returns to the underworld a second time. How does he feel when he sees Eurydice? (from Movement Three: Scenes 1-3)

Happy.

Angry.

Besotted,

Sad.

5.

Who urges Eurydice's father to cure his sadness about losing Eurydice by dipping himself in the river to lose his memory? (from Movement Three: Scenes 1-3)

The Lord of the Underworld.

No one, Eurydice's father comes up with the idea on his own.

The chorus of stones.

The child.

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