The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
Henrik Ibsen

August Strindberg

William Shakespeare

Tennessee Williams
2 What was Strindberg's home country?
Denmark

Sweden

Germany

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

A Dream Play

Miss Julie

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

Dvorak

Beethoven

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

A kitchen sink drama

A family drama

A satire
6 When was the play written?
1905

1907

1908

1900
7 Where was it first produced?
The National Theatre

The Strindberg Theatre

The Swedish Theatre

The Intimate Theatre
8 Where does the play take place?
Hamburg

Gothenburg

Stockholm

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

The Mona Lisa

Island of the Dead

The Scream
10 Who painted it?
Arnold Bocklin

Edvard Munch

Caravaggio

Sandro Botticelli
11 When was Strindberg born?
1855

1872

1849

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

Restoration

Postmodernism

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

The Drawing Room

The Hyacinth Room

The Red 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 Student

The Girl

The Colonel's wife

The Colonel
16 Who is sitting outside the house at the start of the play?
The Old Man

The Girl

The Mummy

The Student
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 courting a young woman

He was at working the night shift at the prison

He had nightmares

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

Strindberg

Arkenholtz

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

He is his uncle

He was his teacher in grade school

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

17,000 crowns

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

Adell

Weber

Hummel
24 What is the Student studying?
Language

Law

Medicine

Mathematics
25 What is playing at the opera?
Aida

Le Nozze di Figaro

Valkyrie

L'Elisir d'Amor

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