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Musical Works Inspired by Literary Themes

Test your knowledge about musical works that were inspired by literary themes.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which opera is based on the novel ("Carmen") by Prosper Mérimée?

  1. Carmen
  2. La Bohème
  3. Madama Butterfly
  4. Tosca
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which symphonic poem was inspired by the poem ("Don Juan") by Nikolaus Lenau?

  1. Don Juan
  2. Also sprach Zarathustra
  3. Ein Heldenleben
  4. Till Eulenspiegel
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which ballet is based on the fairy tale ("The Nutcracker and the Mouse King") by E.T.A. Hoffmann?

  1. The Nutcracker
  2. Swan Lake
  3. Sleeping Beauty
  4. Giselle
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which opera is based on the play ("Otello") by William Shakespeare?

  1. Otello
  2. Falstaff
  3. La Traviata
  4. Rigoletto
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which symphony is inspired by the poem ("Symphony No. 9") by Friedrich Schiller?

  1. Symphony No. 9
  2. Symphony No. 5
  3. Symphony No. 6
  4. Symphony No. 7
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which opera is based on the novel ("Les Misérables") by Victor Hugo?

  1. Les Misérables
  2. The Phantom of the Opera
  3. Cats
  4. Chicago
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which ballet is based on the fairy tale ("Cinderella") by Charles Perrault?

  1. Cinderella
  2. The Sleeping Beauty
  3. Swan Lake
  4. Giselle
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which opera is based on the play ("Faust") by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe?

  1. Faust
  2. Mefistofele
  3. La Damnation de Faust
  4. Roméo et Juliette
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which symphony is inspired by the poem ("Thus Spoke Zarathustra") by Friedrich Nietzsche?

  1. Also sprach Zarathustra
  2. Ein Heldenleben
  3. Till Eulenspiegel
  4. Don Juan
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which opera is based on the novel ("Moby-Dick") by Herman Melville?

  1. Moby-Dick
  2. Billy Budd
  3. Peter Grimes
  4. The Turn of the Screw
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which ballet is based on the fairy tale ("The Firebird") by Igor Stravinsky?

  1. The Firebird
  2. Petrushka
  3. The Rite of Spring
  4. Pulcinella
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which opera is based on the play ("Romeo and Juliet") by William Shakespeare?

  1. Romeo and Juliet
  2. Otello
  3. Falstaff
  4. La Traviata
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which symphony is inspired by the poem ("A Sea Symphony") by Walt Whitman?

  1. A Sea Symphony
  2. Symphony No. 2
  3. Symphony No. 3
  4. Symphony No. 4
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which opera is based on the novel ("Anna Karenina") by Leo Tolstoy?

  1. Anna Karenina
  2. Eugene Onegin
  3. The Queen of Spades
  4. Boris Godunov
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which ballet is based on the fairy tale ("The Sleeping Beauty") by Charles Perrault?

  1. The Sleeping Beauty
  2. Swan Lake
  3. Cinderella
  4. Giselle
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