The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
William Shakespeare

Henrik Ibsen

Tennessee Williams

August Strindberg
2 What was Strindberg's home country?
Sweden

Germany

Norway

Denmark
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?
Mozart

Dvorak

Wagner

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

A family drama

A chamber play

A satire
6 When was the play written?
1907

1900

1905

1908
7 Where was it first produced?
The Intimate Theatre

The Swedish Theatre

The Strindberg Theatre

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

Hamburg

Berlin

Stockholm
9 Which painting is featured in the play?
Playing in the Waves

The Scream

Island of the Dead

The Mona Lisa
10 Who painted it?
Edvard Munch

Sandro Botticelli

Arnold Bocklin

Caravaggio
11 When was Strindberg born?
1855

1842

1849

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

Postmodernism

Realism

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

The Hyacinth Room

The Round Room

The Red Room
14 What is the central piece in the Round Room?
A bust of the king of Sweden

A grand piano

A white marble statue

A large potted plant
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 Mummy

The Student

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

Begging for money

Reading a newspaper

Painting the house
18 Who does the Student ask to help him at the water fountain?
The Milkmaid

The Girl

The Old Man

The Caretaker's Wife
19 Why is the Student underslept?
He was at working the night shift at the prison

He had nightmares

He was courting a young woman

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 person who bankrupted the Student's father

He is the Student's father
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?
Weber

Adell

Hummel

Arkenholtz
24 What is the Student studying?
Mathematics

Language

Medicine

Law
25 What is playing at the opera?
Valkyrie

L'Elisir d'Amor

Le Nozze di Figaro

Aida

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