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