The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?

William Shakespeare

Henrik Ibsen

August Strindberg

Tennessee Williams
2 What was Strindberg's home country?

Norway

Sweden

Denmark

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

Easter

A Dream Play

Miss Julie

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

Dvorak

Wagner

Beethoven

Mozart
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?

1908

1907

1900

1905
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?

Stockholm

Gothenburg

Berlin

Hamburg
9 Which painting is featured in the play?

Island of the Dead

Playing in the Waves

The Scream

The Mona Lisa
10 Who painted it?

Caravaggio

Sandro Botticelli

Arnold Bocklin

Edvard Munch
11 When was Strindberg born?

1842

1872

1849

1855
12 What literary movement is the play part of?

Modernism

Postmodernism

Restoration

Realism
13 Which room is on the right side?

The Drawing Room

The Red Room

The Hyacinth 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 Colonel's wife

The Colonel

The Student

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?

Reading a newspaper

Painting the house

Talking to himself

Begging for money
18 Who does the Student ask to help him at the water fountain?

The Caretaker's Wife

The Milkmaid

The Girl

The Old Man
19 Why is the Student underslept?

He had nightmares

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
20 What is the Student's last name?

Hummel

Ibsen

Strindberg

Arkenholtz
21 How does the Old Man know the Student?

He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father

He was his teacher in grade school

He is 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

12,000 crowns

15,000 crowns

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

Arkenholtz

Hummel

Weber

Adell
24 What is the Student studying?

Medicine

Law

Mathematics

Language
25 What is playing at the opera?

Aida

Valkyrie

L'Elisir d'Amor

Le Nozze di Figaro

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