The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?

August Strindberg

William Shakespeare

Henrik Ibsen

Tennessee Williams
2 What was Strindberg's home country?

Denmark

Norway

Sweden

Germany
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?

Mozart

Wagner

Dvorak

Beethoven
5 What kind of play is The Ghost Sonata?

A chamber play

A kitchen sink drama

A satire

A family drama
6 When was the play written?

1907

1900

1905

1908
7 Where was it first produced?

The National Theatre

The Swedish Theatre

The Strindberg Theatre

The Intimate Theatre
8 Where does the play take place?

Gothenburg

Stockholm

Berlin

Hamburg
9 Which painting is featured in the play?

The Scream

Playing in the Waves

The Mona Lisa

Island of the Dead
10 Who painted it?

Caravaggio

Sandro Botticelli

Edvard Munch

Arnold Bocklin
11 When was Strindberg born?

1872

1849

1855

1842
12 What literary movement is the play part of?

Realism

Postmodernism

Modernism

Restoration
13 Which room is on the right side?

The Round Room

The Drawing Room

The Hyacinth Room

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

A white marble statue

A bust of the king of Sweden

A large potted plant

A grand piano
15 Who is depicted in the statue?

The Colonel

The Student

The Colonel's wife

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

The Girl

The Old Man

The Mummy

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

Begging for money

Talking to himself

Painting the house

Reading a newspaper
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 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?

Strindberg

Hummel

Arkenholtz

Ibsen
21 How does the Old Man know the Student?

He is the Student's father

He was his teacher in grade school

He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father

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

15,000 crowns

18,000 crowns

12,000 crowns

17,000 crowns
23 What is the Old Man's last name?

Adell

Arkenholtz

Weber

Hummel
24 What is the Student studying?

Mathematics

Medicine

Language

Law
25 What is playing at the opera?

Valkyrie

L'Elisir d'Amor

Le Nozze di Figaro

Aida

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