The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
August Strindberg

Tennessee Williams

William Shakespeare

Henrik Ibsen
2 What was Strindberg's home country?
Norway

Germany

Sweden

Denmark
3 Which of the following is not a Strindberg play?
Miss Julie

A Doll's House

A Dream Play

Easter
4 Which composer's work is the title taken from?
Mozart

Wagner

Beethoven

Dvorak
5 What kind of play is The Ghost Sonata?
A kitchen sink drama

A satire

A chamber play

A family drama
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

Berlin

Stockholm
9 Which painting is featured in the play?
The Mona Lisa

Island of the Dead

The Scream

Playing in the Waves
10 Who painted it?
Caravaggio

Sandro Botticelli

Edvard Munch

Arnold Bocklin
11 When was Strindberg born?
1842

1849

1855

1872
12 What literary movement is the play part of?
Restoration

Realism

Postmodernism

Modernism
13 Which room is on the right side?
The Hyacinth Room

The Red Room

The Drawing Room

The Round Room
14 What is the central piece in the Round Room?
A white marble statue

A large potted plant

A bust of the king of Sweden

A grand piano
15 Who is depicted in the statue?
The Girl

The Student

The Colonel

The Colonel's wife
16 Who is sitting outside the house at the start of the play?
The Mummy

The Old Man

The Girl

The Student
17 What is the Old Man doing at the beginning?
Reading a newspaper

Begging for money

Talking to himself

Painting the house
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 helped people after the collapse of a house

He was at working the night shift at the prison

He had nightmares

He was courting a young woman
20 What is the Student's last name?
Hummel

Arkenholtz

Ibsen

Strindberg
21 How does the Old Man know the Student?
He was his teacher in grade school

He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father

He is his uncle

He is the Student's father
22 How much money does the Old Man say that the Student's father took from him?
18,000 crowns

17,000 crowns

15,000 crowns

12,000 crowns
23 What is the Old Man's last name?
Adell

Weber

Hummel

Arkenholtz
24 What is the Student studying?
Language

Law

Mathematics

Medicine
25 What is playing at the opera?
Valkyrie

Le Nozze di Figaro

L'Elisir d'Amor

Aida

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