The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
William Shakespeare

August Strindberg

Henrik Ibsen

Tennessee Williams
2 What was Strindberg's home country?
Sweden

Germany

Denmark

Norway
3 Which of the following is not a Strindberg play?
Easter

Miss Julie

A Dream Play

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 chamber play

A satire

A kitchen sink drama

A family drama
6 When was the play written?
1907

1905

1900

1908
7 Where was it first produced?
The Strindberg Theatre

The Swedish Theatre

The National Theatre

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

Berlin

Hamburg

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

The Mona Lisa

Island of the Dead

The Scream
10 Who painted it?
Sandro Botticelli

Edvard Munch

Arnold Bocklin

Caravaggio
11 When was Strindberg born?
1872

1842

1849

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

Modernism

Restoration

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 grand piano

A large potted plant
15 Who is depicted in the statue?
The Colonel's wife

The Girl

The Student

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

The Student

The Old Man

The Girl
17 What is the Old Man doing at the beginning?
Talking to himself

Begging for money

Reading a newspaper

Painting the house
18 Who does the Student ask to help him at the water fountain?
The Girl

The Milkmaid

The Caretaker's Wife

The Old Man
19 Why is the Student underslept?
He was courting a young woman

He helped people after the collapse of a house

He was at working the night shift at the prison

He had nightmares
20 What is the Student's last name?
Hummel

Arkenholtz

Strindberg

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?
17,000 crowns

15,000 crowns

12,000 crowns

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

Adell

Weber

Arkenholtz
24 What is the Student studying?
Law

Language

Medicine

Mathematics
25 What is playing at the opera?
Valkyrie

L'Elisir d'Amor

Aida

Le Nozze di Figaro

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