The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
William Shakespeare

August Strindberg

Tennessee Williams

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

Denmark

Sweden

Norway
3 Which of the following is not a Strindberg play?
A Dream Play

A Doll's House

Easter

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

Beethoven

Dvorak

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

A chamber play

A kitchen sink drama

A family drama
6 When was the play written?
1905

1907

1900

1908
7 Where was it first produced?
The National Theatre

The Swedish Theatre

The Intimate Theatre

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

Hamburg

Berlin

Stockholm
9 Which painting is featured in the play?
The Scream

Island of the Dead

Playing in the Waves

The Mona Lisa
10 Who painted it?
Caravaggio

Sandro Botticelli

Arnold Bocklin

Edvard Munch
11 When was Strindberg born?
1842

1872

1855

1849
12 What literary movement is the play part of?
Postmodernism

Realism

Restoration

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

The Hyacinth Room

The Red Room

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

A bust of the king of Sweden

A large potted plant

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

The Colonel's wife

The Girl

The Colonel
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?
Begging for money

Reading a newspaper

Talking to himself

Painting the house
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 was courting a young woman

He had nightmares

He was at working the night shift at the prison

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

Strindberg

Hummel

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

He was his teacher in grade school

He is the Student's father

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?
17,000 crowns

12,000 crowns

15,000 crowns

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

Arkenholtz

Hummel

Weber
24 What is the Student studying?
Language

Mathematics

Law

Medicine
25 What is playing at the opera?
L'Elisir d'Amor

Le Nozze di Figaro

Aida

Valkyrie

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