The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
Tennessee Williams

William Shakespeare

August Strindberg

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

Denmark

Germany

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

A Dream Play

Easter

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

Dvorak

Beethoven

Mozart
5 What kind of play is The Ghost Sonata?
A satire

A kitchen sink drama

A chamber play

A family drama
6 When was the play written?
1900

1907

1908

1905
7 Where was it first produced?
The Strindberg Theatre

The Swedish Theatre

The Intimate Theatre

The National Theatre
8 Where does the play take place?
Gothenburg

Berlin

Hamburg

Stockholm
9 Which painting is featured in the play?
Island of the Dead

Playing in the Waves

The Scream

The Mona Lisa
10 Who painted it?
Edvard Munch

Arnold Bocklin

Caravaggio

Sandro Botticelli
11 When was Strindberg born?
1849

1855

1872

1842
12 What literary movement is the play part of?
Modernism

Restoration

Postmodernism

Realism
13 Which room is on the right side?
The Red Room

The Round Room

The Hyacinth Room

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

A grand piano

A large potted plant

A bust of the king of Sweden
15 Who is depicted in the statue?
The Colonel's wife

The Colonel

The Girl

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

The Student

The Girl

The Old Man
17 What is the Old Man doing at the beginning?
Talking to himself

Reading a newspaper

Painting the house

Begging for money
18 Who does the Student ask to help him at the water fountain?
The Old Man

The Girl

The Milkmaid

The Caretaker's Wife
19 Why is the Student underslept?
He helped people after the collapse of a house

He was courting a young woman

He was at working the night shift at the prison

He had nightmares
20 What is the Student's last name?
Arkenholtz

Strindberg

Ibsen

Hummel
21 How does the Old Man know the Student?
He is his uncle

He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father

He is the Student's father

He was his teacher in grade school
22 How much money does the Old Man say that the Student's father took from him?
15,000 crowns

12,000 crowns

17,000 crowns

18,000 crowns
23 What is the Old Man's last name?
Arkenholtz

Adell

Hummel

Weber
24 What is the Student studying?
Law

Language

Medicine

Mathematics
25 What is playing at the opera?
Aida

L'Elisir d'Amor

Valkyrie

Le Nozze di Figaro

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