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