Question

Read the excerpt from The Metamorphoses by Ovid.

"You would suppose that men had conspired to be wicked; let all men speedily feel that vengeance which they deserve to endure, for such is my determination.” . . . .

Soon as Jupiter beholds the world overflowed by liquid waters, and sees that but one man remains out of so many thousands of late, and sees that but one woman remains out of so many thousands of late, both guiltless, and both worshippers of the Gods, he disperses the clouds; and the showers being removed by the North Wind, he both lays open the earth to the heavens, and the heavens to the earth. . . .

. . . [Deucalion said,] "Now the mortal race exists in us two alone. Thus it has seemed good to the Gods, and we remain as mere samples of mankind.”

Read the excerpt from the adaptation "The Flood” by James Baldwin.

No one but Deucalion, the son of Prometheus, was ready for such a storm. . . . Once every year he had gone to the land of the Caucasus to talk with his father, who was hanging chained to the mountain peak.

"The day is coming,” said Prometheus, "when Jupiter will send a flood to destroy mankind from the earth. Be sure that you are ready for it, my son.”

And so when the rain began to fall, Deucalion drew from its shelter a boat which he had built for just such a time. He called fair Pyrrha, his wife, and the two sat in the boat and were floated safely on the rising waters.

How is the adaptation similar to the original?

It explains why Jupiter is angry with humans.
It explains why Prometheus saves Deucalion.
It says that Prometheus betrays Jupiter.
It says that Deucalion survives the flood.

Answer 1

It says that Deucalion survives the flood.

Both passages describe Deucalion (and his wife) as the sole survivors who are saved from Jupiter’s flood.