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?
Denmark

Norway

Germany

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

Miss Julie

A Doll's House

Easter
4 Which composer's work is the title taken from?
Beethoven

Mozart

Dvorak

Wagner
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?
1907

1905

1908

1900
7 Where was it first produced?
The National Theatre

The Swedish Theatre

The Strindberg Theatre

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

Hamburg

Berlin

Stockholm
9 Which painting is featured in the play?
Playing in the Waves

The Scream

Island of the Dead

The Mona Lisa
10 Who painted it?
Edvard Munch

Caravaggio

Arnold Bocklin

Sandro Botticelli
11 When was Strindberg born?
1849

1855

1872

1842
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 Round Room

The Hyacinth Room

The Drawing 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 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?
Begging for money

Painting the house

Talking to himself

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

The Caretaker's Wife

The Girl

The Old Man
19 Why is the Student underslept?
He had nightmares

He was at working the night shift at the prison

He was courting a young woman

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

Hummel

Strindberg

Arkenholtz
21 How does the Old Man know the Student?
He is the Student's father

He is his uncle

He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father

He was his teacher in grade school
22 How much money does the Old Man say that the Student's father took from him?
12,000 crowns

18,000 crowns

15,000 crowns

17,000 crowns
23 What is the Old Man's last name?
Arkenholtz

Hummel

Weber

Adell
24 What is the Student studying?
Law

Medicine

Language

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

Valkyrie

Aida

Le Nozze di Figaro

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