The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
Tennessee Williams

August Strindberg

William Shakespeare

Henrik Ibsen
2 What was Strindberg's home country?
Denmark

Germany

Sweden

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

Easter

A Doll's House

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

Dvorak

Beethoven

Mozart
5 What kind of play is The Ghost Sonata?
A kitchen sink drama

A chamber play

A family drama

A satire
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

Hamburg

Stockholm

Berlin
9 Which painting is featured in the play?
The Mona Lisa

Playing in the Waves

The Scream

Island of the Dead
10 Who painted it?
Caravaggio

Sandro Botticelli

Edvard Munch

Arnold Bocklin
11 When was Strindberg born?
1855

1842

1849

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

Modernism

Postmodernism

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

The Drawing Room

The Round Room

The Red Room
14 What is the central piece in the Round Room?
A large potted plant

A white marble statue

A grand piano

A bust of the king of Sweden
15 Who is depicted in the statue?
The Colonel's wife

The Girl

The Colonel

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

The Girl

The Mummy

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

Begging for money

Talking to himself

Reading a newspaper
18 Who does the Student ask to help him at the water fountain?
The Old Man

The Girl

The Caretaker's Wife

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

He had nightmares

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?
Ibsen

Arkenholtz

Hummel

Strindberg
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 is his uncle

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

18,000 crowns

15,000 crowns

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

Arkenholtz

Adell

Hummel
24 What is the Student studying?
Language

Law

Medicine

Mathematics
25 What is playing at the opera?
Aida

Valkyrie

L'Elisir d'Amor

Le Nozze di Figaro

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