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