The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
Henrik Ibsen

Tennessee Williams

August Strindberg

William Shakespeare
2 What was Strindberg's home country?
Norway

Denmark

Germany

Sweden
3 Which of the following is not a Strindberg play?
Miss Julie

Easter

A Dream Play

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

Dvorak

Mozart

Wagner
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?
1905

1900

1907

1908
7 Where was it first produced?
The Strindberg Theatre

The Intimate Theatre

The Swedish Theatre

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

Hamburg

Stockholm

Gothenburg
9 Which painting is featured in the play?
The Mona Lisa

Playing in the Waves

Island of the Dead

The Scream
10 Who painted it?
Edvard Munch

Arnold Bocklin

Caravaggio

Sandro Botticelli
11 When was Strindberg born?
1872

1849

1842

1855
12 What literary movement is the play part of?
Restoration

Modernism

Postmodernism

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

The Drawing Room

The Red Room

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

A white marble statue

A large potted plant

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

The Student

The Colonel's wife

The Girl
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

Painting the house

Begging for money

Reading a newspaper
18 Who does the Student ask to help him at the water fountain?
The Old Man

The Caretaker's Wife

The Girl

The Milkmaid
19 Why is the Student underslept?
He helped people after the collapse of a house

He was at working the night shift at the prison

He had nightmares

He was courting a young woman
20 What is the Student's last name?
Hummel

Arkenholtz

Strindberg

Ibsen
21 How does the Old Man know the Student?
He was his teacher in grade school

He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father

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

18,000 crowns

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

Hummel

Adell

Arkenholtz
24 What is the Student studying?
Mathematics

Law

Medicine

Language
25 What is playing at the opera?
Aida

Le Nozze di Figaro

Valkyrie

L'Elisir d'Amor

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