- 1. In which country was Igor Stravinsky born?
A) France
B) Russia
C) Germany
D) Italy
- 2. Which ballet by Stravinsky caused a riot during its premiere in Paris in 1913?
A) Agon
B) The Rite of Spring
C) Petrushka
D) The Firebird
- 3. What instrument did Stravinsky play proficiently?
A) Cello
B) Piano
C) Violin
D) Flute
- 4. Which famous choreographer collaborated with Stravinsky on several ballets?
A) George Balanchine
B) Martha Graham
C) Mikhail Baryshnikov
D) Anna Pavlova
- 5. Which opera by Stravinsky is based on a Greek myth?
A) The Flood
B) Oedipus Rex
C) The Nightingale
D) The Rake's Progress
- 6. What was the name of Stravinsky's most famous Russian ballet?
A) Petrushka
B) L'Oiseau de Feu
C) Le Sacre du Printemps
D) The Firebird
- 7. Which of the following conductors had a close relationship with Stravinsky and premiered many of his works?
A) Arturo Toscanini
B) Pierre Monteux
C) Leonard Bernstein
D) Herbert von Karajan
- 8. Who commissioned Stravinsky's famous work, 'The Firebird'?
A) Sergei Rachmaninoff
B) Igor Markevitch
C) Sergei Prokofiev
D) Sergei Diaghilev
- 9. What nationality did Stravinsky acquire later in his life and retain until his death?
A) Italian
B) American
C) British
D) French
- 10. In which year did Igor Stravinsky pass away?
A) 1965
B) 1971
C) 1980
D) 1953
- 11. Which of Stravinsky's works features a solemn and austere setting of Psalms composed in 1930?
A) Symphony of Psalms
B) Oedipus Rex
C) Symphony in C
D) Orpheus
- 12. Which composer was a major influence on Igor Stravinsky's early works?
A) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
B) Claude Debussy
C) Johann Sebastian Bach
D) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- 13. Which ballet by Igor Stravinsky is based on a story about a puppet that comes to life?
A) Don Quixote
B) Petrushka
C) La Bayadère
D) Romeo and Juliet
- 14. In which year did Igor Stravinsky become a naturalized United States citizen?
A) 1955
B) 1970
C) 1920
D) 1945
- 15. Which of the following instruments did Igor Stravinsky prominently feature in his composition 'The Firebird'?
A) Violin
B) Harp
C) Trumpet
D) Bassoon
- 16. In which city did Igor Stravinsky spend the last years of his life?
A) New York
B) Paris
C) Moscow
D) London
- 17. Which of the following composers was known for embracing the twelve-tone technique, in contrast to Stravinsky's neoclassical style?
A) Maurice Ravel
B) Arnold Schoenberg
C) Dmitri Shostakovich
D) Sergei Prokofiev
- 18. Which of these famous ballet companies premiered several of Igor Stravinsky's ballets?
A) New York City Ballet
B) Bolshoi Ballet
C) Paris Opera Ballet
D) Ballets Russes
- 19. Which famous writer collaborated with Stravinsky on the libretto for the opera 'The Rake's Progress'?
A) James Joyce
B) T. S. Eliot
C) W. H. Auden
D) Virginia Woolf
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