The Red Shoes Quizzes

The Red Shoes Quiz 1

1 Where does the first scene take place?

Backstage at the Ballet Lermontov

An operahouse

The Hotel de Paris

Julian's music school
2 Who wrote the music to Heart of Fire?

Lermontov

Julian's professor

Vicky

Julian
3 What is performed in the opening scene?

The Red Shoes

Heart of Fire

The Nutcracker

Swan Lake
4 Who does Lermontov meet at the after-party?

Julian

Vicky

Boris

Irina
5 What was the name of Powell and Pressburger's collaborative team?

The Producers

Powell and Pressburger Studios

The Archers

The Warner Brothers
6 Why does Irina leave Lermontov's dance company?

She is engaged

She hurt her ankle

She has a fight with Lermontov

She is pregnant
7 Who becomes the new principal dancer after Irina's departure?

Vicky

Lady Neston

Grischa Lubov

Livy
8 How were Powell and Pressburger credited on the film?

Powell as director and producer, Pressburger as writer

Powell as director, Pressburger as writer and producer

Co-writers, co-directors, and co-producers

Powell as writer, Pressburger as director and producer
9 Who is the main character of the ballet-within-the-film?

A schoolgirl

A fairy

A white swan

A young dancer
10 What happens when the dancer tries on the Red Shoes?

They magically tie up onto her feet

They are too heavy to dance in

They make her run across the stage uncontrollably

They work just like normal pointe shoes
11 How does the dancer die at the end of the ballet "The Red Shoes?"

Hit by a train

Killed by the shoemaker

Suicide

Exhaustion from dancing too much
12 How does Vicky die at the end of the film?

Jumps off a balcony

Killed by Lermonotv

Killed by Julian

Can't stop dancing
13 Where does Lermontov learn that Vicky and Julian are in love?

In rehearsal

Backstage at a performance

At a birthday party

In his office
14 Where does Vicky eat during rehearsals?

In Lermontov's office, with Julian's musical accompaniment

In Julian's hotel room

On the balcony

In Lermontov's office, alone
15 Where do Vicky and Julian first begin to fall in love?

On the beach in Monte Carlo

On a balcony

In the orchestra pit

At a birthday party
16 Who choreographed the ballet "The Red Shoes?"

Vicky

Grischa Ljubov

Julian

Lermontov
17 Who wrote the music for the ballet "The Red Shoes?"

Professor Palmer

Lermontov

Julian

Tchaikovsky
18 What ballet does Vicky dance in the day she arrives at the Ballet Lermontov?

The Red Shoes

The Nutcracker

Coppelia

Swan Lake
19 Where is the first stop on the Ballet Lermontov's tour?

New York

Paris

London

Monte Carlo
20 What does Vicky do after leaving the Ballet Lermontov?

Marry Grischa Lubov

Start her own ballet company

Marry Julian

Retire and become a shopgirl
21 Where are Vicky and Julian during Grischa Lubov's birthday party?

In a romantic carriage ride

On the balcony

Rehearsing at the operahouse

In Julian's hotel room
22 How does Vicky meet Lermontov at the beginning of the film?

Her aunt, Lady Neston, convinces Lermontov to let her dance for him

They are seated together during the performance

Coincidentally, at the after-party buffet

At the stage door, where she goes to get his autograph
23 Why is Julian in London near the end of the film?

To ask for Vicky's hand in marriage

Hiding from Lermontov

For the premiere of his first opera

To support Vicky's performance in the revival of The Red Shoes
24 What reason does the radio broadcaster give for Julian's opera not being performed?

He has fallen ill

He has run off to find Vicky

His train has been delayed

He has died
25 Who stars in the final performance of The Red Shoes?

Lermontov

Nobody

Vicky

Irina

The Red Shoes Questions and Answers

The Question and Answer section for The Red Shoes is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.

Ask Your Own Question

Study Guide for The Red Shoes

The Red Shoes study guide contains a biography of director Michael Powell, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Read the Study Guide for The Red Shoes…

Wikipedia Entries for The Red Shoes

Introduction

View Wikipedia Entries for The Red Shoes…