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?
Sweden

Denmark

Norway

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?
Wagner

Mozart

Beethoven

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

A family drama

A chamber play

A kitchen sink drama
6 When was the play written?
1900

1905

1907

1908
7 Where was it first produced?
The Swedish Theatre

The Intimate Theatre

The National Theatre

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

Gothenburg

Hamburg

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

Playing in the Waves

The Scream

Island of the Dead
10 Who painted it?
Sandro Botticelli

Edvard Munch

Arnold Bocklin

Caravaggio
11 When was Strindberg born?
1849

1872

1842

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

Modernism

Realism

Postmodernism
13 Which room is on the right side?
The Red Room

The Hyacinth Room

The Round Room

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

A large potted plant

A white marble statue

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

The Colonel's wife

The Girl

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

The Student

The Mummy

The Girl
17 What is the Old Man doing at the beginning?
Reading a newspaper

Painting the house

Begging for money

Talking to himself
18 Who does the Student ask to help him at the water fountain?
The Milkmaid

The Caretaker's Wife

The Old Man

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

He had nightmares

He was at working the night shift at the prison

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

Ibsen

Arkenholtz

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

He is the Student's father

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?
17,000 crowns

15,000 crowns

18,000 crowns

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

Hummel

Arkenholtz

Weber
24 What is the Student studying?
Mathematics

Language

Medicine

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

Valkyrie

Aida

Le Nozze di Figaro

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