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Quiz about Im Trapped in a Ballet Again

I'm Trapped in a Ballet Again! Quiz


It's happening again! I'm trapped on a stage and being pulled into various ballets. Tell me where I am so I can leave!

A multiple-choice quiz by Caseena. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Caseena
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
390,635
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
388
Last 3 plays: Guest 81 (9/10), bradez (5/10), Guest 47 (5/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. In the first ballet, I'm one of four dancers in identical white costumes, holding hands, and performing the same steps in perfect unison. In what popular ballet am I dancing? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. I've now been zapped into a ballet where I'm one of many girls surrounding another girl. She gets to be the sacrifice--lucky her! Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The scenery and costumes change again. In this next ballet, I do a tambourine dance...wait, did that man just steal a woman's picture? How will she ever figure out who her parents are? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. I've not landed in a pleasant ballet this time. I'm in a forest graveyard, surrounded by creepy young women eager to dance men to death. Name the ballet and get me out of here! Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Hurray, I'm the title character in the next ballet I'm dumped into! Wait a minute...all I do is sit at a window. I don't get to dance at all! I'm not even alive! That doesn't seem fair. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. I've just been poisoned by men who want to destabilize my husband by killing me. At least I get to do a posthumous dance with him before he avenges my death. Into what ballet have I fallen this time? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Colors swirl around me and I'm in another ballet. My hunters and I are all carrying bows, having just returned from a successful hunt. Ouch, I've just been shot by a god that I thought was a statue! Then I get kidnapped, but the gods ensure that my beloved and I end up together. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. How horrible! In the next ballet I find myself stuck in, my fiance leaves me on our wedding day...for a fairy! I'm hardly in the second act, but at least I get a happy ending, unlike my former love! Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. I've warped into a woodland setting next. Everyone is bending their arms and legs a lot, and I'm being seduced by a man wearing a costume covered in spots. Which short ballet is this? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. I seem to have arrived at the end of this ballet set in the ancient world. I'm draped over the body of my dead husband, who has just been killed with lots of spears. And even more unfortunately, the villain and his concubine are still alive! Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In the first ballet, I'm one of four dancers in identical white costumes, holding hands, and performing the same steps in perfect unison. In what popular ballet am I dancing?

Answer: Swan Lake

I'm in the "Dance of the Little Swans" in Act II. Four dancers have to execute the moves together or it's extremely obvious who's out of sync. These four are some of the swan maidens who attend Odette, the Swan Queen, a human who has been turned into a swan until a man makes her a pledge of eternal love. If he makes her a promise and then breaks it, she will remain a swan forever.
2. I've now been zapped into a ballet where I'm one of many girls surrounding another girl. She gets to be the sacrifice--lucky her!

Answer: The Rite of Spring

Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" is played more in concert halls than as a ballet. The original choreography notes by Nijinsky have been lost, but the Joffrey Ballet have mostly reconstructed the steps. The ballet is about half an hour long and details the dances of a primitive tribe before a girl is sacrificed. She dances herself to death.
3. The scenery and costumes change again. In this next ballet, I do a tambourine dance...wait, did that man just steal a woman's picture? How will she ever figure out who her parents are?

Answer: Paquita

Paquita, an orphan raised by gypsies, has her father's picture as the only clue to her parentage. She eventually discovers that her picture matches that of a murdered nobleman, making her nobility and thus able to marry the Prince.
4. I've not landed in a pleasant ballet this time. I'm in a forest graveyard, surrounded by creepy young women eager to dance men to death. Name the ballet and get me out of here!

Answer: Giselle

Giselle kills herself at the end of Act I when she finds out that her new beloved has no intention of marrying her. She becomes one of the Wilis, spirits of women who were jilted by their lovers.
5. Hurray, I'm the title character in the next ballet I'm dumped into! Wait a minute...all I do is sit at a window. I don't get to dance at all! I'm not even alive! That doesn't seem fair.

Answer: Coppelia

For being the title character, Coppelia is a very small part. The female lead is Swanhilda, whose fiance leaves her for the mysterious woman at the window. However, when Swanhilda discovers that Coppelia is only a doll, all is forgiven and the two lovers marry.
6. I've just been poisoned by men who want to destabilize my husband by killing me. At least I get to do a posthumous dance with him before he avenges my death. Into what ballet have I fallen this time?

Answer: Ivan the Terrible

This ballet was first staged by the Bolshoi. The music was originally scored by Prokofiev for Eisenstein's film "Ivan the Terrible" but was slightly altered to make it suitable for ballet. Ivan's wife Anastasia is killed by Boyars, whom Ivan kills in retribution.
7. Colors swirl around me and I'm in another ballet. My hunters and I are all carrying bows, having just returned from a successful hunt. Ouch, I've just been shot by a god that I thought was a statue! Then I get kidnapped, but the gods ensure that my beloved and I end up together.

Answer: Sylvia

The statue is Eros, who disguises himself as a witch in a cloak at two points. Sylvia shoots Aminta, who appeals to Eros, who then shoots Sylvia. Both survive, and apparently become lovers as a result! This Leo Delibes ballet puts an emphasis on music rather than plot. Tchaikovsky considered "Sylvia" to be superior ballet to his own because of the music.
8. How horrible! In the next ballet I find myself stuck in, my fiance leaves me on our wedding day...for a fairy! I'm hardly in the second act, but at least I get a happy ending, unlike my former love!

Answer: La Sylphide

Effie is to marry James, who is enchanted by a fairy and abandons his fiancee on their wedding day. However, James doesn't get a happy ending. A witch, angry that James has kicked her out of the house, gives James a scarf that will kill the sylphide when James wraps her in it. Effie marries another admirer, Gurn, just as the witch prophesied.
9. I've warped into a woodland setting next. Everyone is bending their arms and legs a lot, and I'm being seduced by a man wearing a costume covered in spots. Which short ballet is this?

Answer: Afternoon of a Faun

Luckily, I get away, while the faun is left with only my veil. Vaslov Nijinsky caused quite a stir with the suggestive choreography in this dance based on Claude Debussy's "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun".

In the ballet anime "Princess Tutu", a minor character named Femio dresses in the faun's costume and dances the actual choreography to Debussy's music. The class and teacher are confused by his dancing; Femio laments that true genius is never appreciated in its own time.
10. I seem to have arrived at the end of this ballet set in the ancient world. I'm draped over the body of my dead husband, who has just been killed with lots of spears. And even more unfortunately, the villain and his concubine are still alive!

Answer: Spartacus

Spartacus and I, Phrygia, are already married at the start of the show (a rarity in ballet--usually, lovers aim to marry). He incites a slave rebellion, but it doesn't turn out well. The bad guy Crassus wins, his concubine Aegina gets all the good solos, and I end up a widow!
Source: Author Caseena

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