The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?

Tennessee Williams

William Shakespeare

Henrik Ibsen

August Strindberg
2 What was Strindberg's home country?

Norway

Sweden

Denmark

Germany
3 Which of the following is not a Strindberg play?

A Dream Play

Miss Julie

Easter

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

Mozart

Beethoven

Dvorak

Wagner
5 What kind of play is The Ghost Sonata?

A chamber play

A satire

A kitchen sink drama

A family drama
6 When was the play written?

1900

1908

1907

1905
7 Where was it first produced?

The Swedish Theatre

The Intimate 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?

The Mona Lisa

The Scream

Island of the Dead

Playing in the Waves
10 Who painted it?

Caravaggio

Sandro Botticelli

Edvard Munch

Arnold Bocklin
11 When was Strindberg born?

1872

1849

1842

1855
12 What literary movement is the play part of?

Realism

Modernism

Postmodernism

Restoration
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 grand piano

A white marble statue

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 Girl

The Old Man

The Student

The Mummy
17 What is the Old Man doing at the beginning?

Reading a newspaper

Talking to himself

Begging for money

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

The Girl

The Milkmaid

The Caretaker's Wife

The Old Man
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?

Hummel

Ibsen

Strindberg

Arkenholtz
21 How does the Old Man know the Student?

He is the Student's father

He was his teacher in grade school

He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father

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

17,000 crowns

18,000 crowns

15,000 crowns

12,000 crowns
23 What is the Old Man's last name?

Adell

Hummel

Arkenholtz

Weber
24 What is the Student studying?

Law

Mathematics

Language

Medicine
25 What is playing at the opera?

Le Nozze di Figaro

Aida

L'Elisir d'Amor

Valkyrie

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