Eurydice Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What does Eurydice do, hoping her father will remember her? (from Movement Three: Scenes 1-3)

She tries to teach him how to read.

She embraces him.

She weeps over him.

She tries to teach him how to spell her name.

2.

What is strange about The Nasty Interesting Man's Apartment? (from Movement One: Scenes 4 - 7)

Eurydice's mail from her father is delivered to his apartment.

The apartment has no furniture.

The staircase is unusually high.

Brazilian mood music is constantly playing.

3.

Which of these sounds is “the sound of forgetfulness” (66)? (from Movement Three: Scenes 1-3)

Ping.

Water running through musty pipes.

Brazilian mood music.

Breathing.

4.

How does Eurydice reach the underworld? (from Movement Two: Scenes 1 - 5)

She trips on a staircase and falls in a hole, like Alice in Wonderland.

She reaches the bottom of the staircase in The Nasty Interesting Man's apartment.

She descends in an elevator that rains on the inside.

She reads a letter from her father.

5.

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

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

A father is the most important person at a wedding.

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

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

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