The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
Henrik Ibsen

August Strindberg

William Shakespeare

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

Norway

Denmark

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

A Doll's House

Miss Julie

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

Mozart

Wagner

Beethoven
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?
1908

1905

1907

1900
7 Where was it first produced?
The Strindberg Theatre

The Intimate Theatre

The National Theatre

The Swedish Theatre
8 Where does the play take place?
Hamburg

Berlin

Gothenburg

Stockholm
9 Which painting is featured in the play?
Island of the Dead

The Mona Lisa

The Scream

Playing in the Waves
10 Who painted it?
Caravaggio

Edvard Munch

Sandro Botticelli

Arnold Bocklin
11 When was Strindberg born?
1842

1872

1855

1849
12 What literary movement is the play part of?
Postmodernism

Modernism

Realism

Restoration
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 large potted plant

A white marble statue

A bust of the king of Sweden

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

The Student

The Colonel's wife

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

The Girl

The Mummy

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

Reading a newspaper

Talking to himself

Begging for money
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 had nightmares

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
20 What is the Student's last name?
Strindberg

Ibsen

Hummel

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

He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father

He is 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?
17,000 crowns

15,000 crowns

18,000 crowns

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

Adell

Hummel

Weber
24 What is the Student studying?
Language

Law

Medicine

Mathematics
25 What is playing at the opera?
Valkyrie

Le Nozze di Figaro

Aida

L'Elisir d'Amor

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