The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
Henrik Ibsen

Tennessee Williams

August Strindberg

William Shakespeare
2 What was Strindberg's home country?
Denmark

Norway

Sweden

Germany
3 Which of the following is not a Strindberg play?
A Doll's House

Easter

A Dream Play

Miss Julie
4 Which composer's work is the title taken from?
Beethoven

Wagner

Mozart

Dvorak
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?
1905

1908

1907

1900
7 Where was it first produced?
The Intimate Theatre

The National Theatre

The Strindberg Theatre

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

Hamburg

Stockholm

Berlin
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?
Arnold Bocklin

Edvard Munch

Caravaggio

Sandro Botticelli
11 When was Strindberg born?
1872

1855

1849

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

Restoration

Postmodernism

Modernism
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 large potted plant

A bust of the king of Sweden

A white marble statue

A grand piano
15 Who is depicted in the statue?
The Colonel's wife

The Student

The Colonel

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

The Student

The Old Man

The Mummy
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 Girl

The Caretaker's Wife

The Milkmaid

The Old Man
19 Why is the Student underslept?
He was courting a young woman

He helped people after the collapse of a house

He was at working the night shift at the prison

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

Strindberg

Hummel

Ibsen
21 How does the Old Man know the Student?
He is the Student's father

He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father

He was his teacher in grade school

He is his uncle
22 How much money does the Old Man say that the Student's father took from him?
17,000 crowns

12,000 crowns

18,000 crowns

15,000 crowns
23 What is the Old Man's last name?
Arkenholtz

Hummel

Weber

Adell
24 What is the Student studying?
Law

Medicine

Mathematics

Language
25 What is playing at the opera?
Aida

L'Elisir d'Amor

Valkyrie

Le Nozze di Figaro

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