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Breaking with established musical traditions, Stravinsky was
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Updated on: 27 Sep 2025, 00:01
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Breaking with established musical traditions, Stravinsky was (i) ___________ composer whose (ii) _______ works infuriated the traditionalists of his day.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) |
| (A) a derivative | (D) hackneyed |
| (B) an uncontroversial | (E) heterodox |
| (C) an iconoclastic | (F)euphonious |
Re: Breaking with established musical traditions, Stravinsky was
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02 Oct 2017, 02:31
02 Oct 2017, 02:31
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The hint comes from the first part of the sentence "Breaking with established musical traditions". Thus, for blank i we need an adjective for a musician that breaks with tradition, "iconoclastic" does the job. Blank ii needs an adjective for his work that, again, breaks with tradition; "heterodox" is what we are looking for.
Answers C and E
Answers C and E
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24 Nov 2017, 22:53
24 Nov 2017, 22:53
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What makes this question tricky is the vocabulary. If you don’t know the meaning of the words, you have no choice but to make an educated guess.
First blank:
A derivative makes no sense in the context of the first blank. An uncontroversial contradicts the context of the first blank because it requires a word that is opposite to the word traditional. Although I don’t know what iconoclastic means, I have to pick it because the other two don’t fit.
Second blank:
I have no idea what hackneyed means. I also don’t know what euphonious means but it reminds me of the word euphemism, so I tend to think it is a positive word. Heterodox fits well because this blank requires a word that would describe something that would upset people who are traditionalists.
Correct answer: an iconoclastic/heterodox
First blank:
A derivative makes no sense in the context of the first blank. An uncontroversial contradicts the context of the first blank because it requires a word that is opposite to the word traditional. Although I don’t know what iconoclastic means, I have to pick it because the other two don’t fit.
Second blank:
I have no idea what hackneyed means. I also don’t know what euphonious means but it reminds me of the word euphemism, so I tend to think it is a positive word. Heterodox fits well because this blank requires a word that would describe something that would upset people who are traditionalists.
Correct answer: an iconoclastic/heterodox
