The Nutcracker Ballet

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1. Who created the music to the Nutcracker? Mozart Delibes Strauss Tchaikovsky

2. Which German romantic writer created the story upon which the Nutcracker ballet was based? Friedrich Schiller Herder Hoffman

3. The Nutcracker opera was based on 'King Rene's Daughter' by which Danish dramatist? Werner Herz Schade Aasen

4. The Nutcracker ballet marked the first use of what instrument in an orchestral score? Celesta Accordian Hurdy gurdy Harpsichord

5. The main character of the Nutcracker is a little girl named Clara who receives a Nutcracker from a mysterious individual. What is his name? Sternberger Von Dietrich Weill Drosselmeyer

6. What is the name of Clara's naughty brother who breaks her beloved gift? Hans Fritz Werner Gustav

7. A death occurs in the Nutcracker ballet. True or False? True False

8. Which of the following is not a dance of the Nutcracker? Indian Arabian Chinese Spanish

9. What is the name of the Russian dance, the traditional dance of the Cossacks? Stuvik Trepak Kulak Voltok

10. Who dances with the Nutcracker Prince in the Pas de Deux? Irina Mother Goose The Snow Queen Sugar-Plum Fairy