The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?

William Shakespeare

Henrik Ibsen

August Strindberg

Tennessee Williams
2 What was Strindberg's home country?

Germany

Denmark

Norway

Sweden
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?

Mozart

Beethoven

Wagner

Dvorak
5 What kind of play is The Ghost Sonata?

A family drama

A chamber play

A satire

A kitchen sink drama
6 When was the play written?

1905

1900

1907

1908
7 Where was it first produced?

The Intimate Theatre

The National Theatre

The Strindberg Theatre

The Swedish Theatre
8 Where does the play take place?

Stockholm

Hamburg

Gothenburg

Berlin
9 Which painting is featured in the play?

The Mona Lisa

Island of the Dead

The Scream

Playing in the Waves
10 Who painted it?

Caravaggio

Edvard Munch

Arnold Bocklin

Sandro Botticelli
11 When was Strindberg born?

1849

1855

1842

1872
12 What literary movement is the play part of?

Postmodernism

Restoration

Realism

Modernism
13 Which room is on the right side?

The Drawing Room

The Hyacinth Room

The Red Room

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

A white marble statue

A grand piano

A bust of the king of Sweden

A large potted plant
15 Who is depicted in the statue?

The Colonel's wife

The Student

The Colonel

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

The Student

The Mummy

The Old Man

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

Talking to himself

Painting the house

Reading a newspaper

Begging for money
18 Who does the Student ask to help him at the water fountain?

The Girl

The Caretaker's Wife

The Milkmaid

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

Arkenholtz

Strindberg
21 How does the Old Man know the Student?

He is his uncle

He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father

He was his teacher in grade school

He is the Student's father
22 How much money does the Old Man say that the Student's father took from him?

12,000 crowns

18,000 crowns

17,000 crowns

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

Arkenholtz

Weber

Adell

Hummel
24 What is the Student studying?

Language

Law

Medicine

Mathematics
25 What is playing at the opera?

Valkyrie

Aida

L'Elisir d'Amor

Le Nozze di Figaro

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