The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
Henrik Ibsen

William Shakespeare

Tennessee Williams

August Strindberg
2 What was Strindberg's home country?
Germany

Norway

Sweden

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

A Doll's House

Miss Julie

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

Beethoven

Dvorak

Wagner
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?
1905

1907

1900

1908
7 Where was it first produced?
The Strindberg Theatre

The National Theatre

The Swedish Theatre

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

Hamburg

Stockholm

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

The Scream

The Mona Lisa

Island of the Dead
10 Who painted it?
Caravaggio

Sandro Botticelli

Arnold Bocklin

Edvard Munch
11 When was Strindberg born?
1849

1855

1842

1872
12 What literary movement is the play part of?
Postmodernism

Restoration

Modernism

Realism
13 Which room is on the right side?
The Red Room

The Drawing Room

The Hyacinth Room

The Round Room
14 What is the central piece in the Round Room?
A grand piano

A large potted plant

A bust of the king of Sweden

A white marble statue
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 Student

The Girl

The Old Man

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

Reading a newspaper

Begging for money

Painting the house
18 Who does the Student ask to help him at the water fountain?
The Caretaker's Wife

The Old Man

The Milkmaid

The Girl
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?
Hummel

Strindberg

Ibsen

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

He is the Student's father

He was his teacher in grade school

He is his uncle
22 How much money does the Old Man say that the Student's father took from him?
15,000 crowns

17,000 crowns

18,000 crowns

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

Hummel

Adell

Arkenholtz
24 What is the Student studying?
Law

Medicine

Language

Mathematics
25 What is playing at the opera?
Valkyrie

L'Elisir d'Amor

Le Nozze di Figaro

Aida

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