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