The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?

August Strindberg

William Shakespeare

Tennessee Williams

Henrik Ibsen
2 What was Strindberg's home country?

Denmark

Sweden

Norway

Germany
3 Which of the following is not a Strindberg play?

Easter

Miss Julie

A Dream Play

A Doll's House
4 Which composer's work is the title taken from?

Dvorak

Wagner

Mozart

Beethoven
5 What kind of play is The Ghost Sonata?

A chamber play

A family drama

A kitchen sink drama

A satire
6 When was the play written?

1908

1905

1907

1900
7 Where was it first produced?

The Intimate Theatre

The Strindberg Theatre

The National Theatre

The Swedish Theatre
8 Where does the play take place?

Hamburg

Gothenburg

Stockholm

Berlin
9 Which painting is featured in the play?

The Mona Lisa

Playing in the Waves

The Scream

Island of the Dead
10 Who painted it?

Arnold Bocklin

Edvard Munch

Sandro Botticelli

Caravaggio
11 When was Strindberg born?

1849

1842

1872

1855
12 What literary movement is the play part of?

Postmodernism

Restoration

Modernism

Realism
13 Which room is on the right side?

The Red Room

The Hyacinth Room

The Drawing Room

The Round Room
14 What is the central piece in the Round Room?

A large potted plant

A white marble statue

A bust of the king of Sweden

A grand piano
15 Who is depicted in the statue?

The Girl

The Colonel

The Colonel's wife

The Student
16 Who is sitting outside the house at the start of the play?

The Old Man

The Mummy

The Student

The Girl
17 What is the Old Man doing at the beginning?

Talking to himself

Begging for money

Painting the house

Reading a newspaper
18 Who does the Student ask to help him at the water fountain?

The Girl

The Caretaker's Wife

The Milkmaid

The Old Man
19 Why is the Student underslept?

He was courting a young woman

He had nightmares

He was at working the night shift at the prison

He helped people after the collapse of a house
20 What is the Student's last name?

Strindberg

Ibsen

Arkenholtz

Hummel
21 How does the Old Man know the Student?

He was his teacher in grade school

He is his uncle

He is the Student's father

He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father
22 How much money does the Old Man say that the Student's father took from him?

12,000 crowns

18,000 crowns

15,000 crowns

17,000 crowns
23 What is the Old Man's last name?

Adell

Hummel

Arkenholtz

Weber
24 What is the Student studying?

Medicine

Language

Law

Mathematics
25 What is playing at the opera?

Le Nozze di Figaro

Aida

Valkyrie

L'Elisir d'Amor

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