The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?

Tennessee Williams

Henrik Ibsen

William Shakespeare

August Strindberg
2 What was Strindberg's home country?

Denmark

Sweden

Norway

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

A Doll's House

Easter

Miss Julie

A Dream Play
4 Which composer's work is the title taken from?

Wagner

Beethoven

Mozart

Dvorak
5 What kind of play is The Ghost Sonata?

A satire

A kitchen sink drama

A family drama

A chamber play
6 When was the play written?

1900

1905

1908

1907
7 Where was it first produced?

The Swedish Theatre

The National Theatre

The Strindberg Theatre

The Intimate Theatre
8 Where does the play take place?

Stockholm

Gothenburg

Berlin

Hamburg
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?

Edvard Munch

Sandro Botticelli

Caravaggio

Arnold Bocklin
11 When was Strindberg born?

1849

1842

1872

1855
12 What literary movement is the play part of?

Restoration

Postmodernism

Realism

Modernism
13 Which room is on the right side?

The Hyacinth Room

The Red Room

The Round Room

The Drawing Room
14 What is the central piece in the Round Room?

A grand piano

A large potted plant

A white marble statue

A bust of the king of Sweden
15 Who is depicted in the statue?

The Girl

The Colonel

The Colonel's wife

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

The Mummy

The Girl

The Student

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

Painting the house

Begging for money

Reading a newspaper

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

The Girl

The Old Man

The Caretaker's Wife

The Milkmaid
19 Why is the Student underslept?

He was at working the night shift at the prison

He had nightmares

He helped people after the collapse of a house

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

Hummel

Strindberg

Arkenholtz

Ibsen
21 How does the Old Man know the Student?

He is his uncle

He was his teacher in grade school

He is the Student's father

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?

12,000 crowns

15,000 crowns

18,000 crowns

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

Arkenholtz

Weber

Hummel

Adell
24 What is the Student studying?

Mathematics

Law

Language

Medicine
25 What is playing at the opera?

Valkyrie

Aida

Le Nozze di Figaro

L'Elisir d'Amor

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