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Musical Works Inspired by Literary Characters

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which opera is based on the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet?

  1. La Traviata
  2. Carmen
  3. Romeo et Juliette
  4. Turandot
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which composer wrote the opera "Carmen" based on the novella of the same name?

  1. Giuseppe Verdi
  2. Richard Wagner
  3. Georges Bizet
  4. Giacomo Puccini
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which musical is based on the novel "The Phantom of the Opera" by Gaston Leroux?

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

Which opera is based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice?

  1. Orfeo ed Euridice
  2. Alceste
  3. Iphigénie en Tauride
  4. Armide
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which composer wrote the opera "Turandot" based on the play of the same name by Carlo Gozzi?

  1. Giuseppe Verdi
  2. Richard Strauss
  3. Giacomo Puccini
  4. Igor Stravinsky
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which musical is based on the novel "Les Misérables" by Victor Hugo?

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

Which opera is based on the play "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare?

  1. Otello
  2. Falstaff
  3. La Traviata
  4. Hamlet
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which composer wrote the opera "La Traviata" based on the play "La Dame aux Camélias" by Alexandre Dumas fils?

  1. Giuseppe Verdi
  2. Richard Wagner
  3. Giacomo Puccini
  4. Georges Bizet
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which musical is based on the novel "Cats" by T.S. Eliot?

  1. Les Misérables
  2. The Sound of Music
  3. Cats
  4. The Phantom of the Opera
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

  1. Mefistofele
  2. La Damnation de Faust
  3. Faust
  4. Roméo et Juliette
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which composer wrote the opera "Mefistofele" based on the play "Faust" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe?

  1. Giuseppe Verdi
  2. Richard Wagner
  3. Arrigo Boito
  4. Georges Bizet
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which musical is based on the novel "The Sound of Music" by Maria Augusta Trapp?

  1. Les Misérables
  2. Cats
  3. The Phantom of the Opera
  4. The Sound of Music
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which opera is based on the play "Othello" by William Shakespeare?

  1. Falstaff
  2. La Traviata
  3. Otello
  4. Hamlet
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which composer wrote the opera "Falstaff" based on the play "The Merry Wives of Windsor" by William Shakespeare?

  1. Giuseppe Verdi
  2. Richard Wagner
  3. Giacomo Puccini
  4. Georges Bizet
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which musical is based on the novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" by Victor Hugo?

  1. Les Misérables
  2. The Sound of Music
  3. Cats
  4. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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