The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
William Shakespeare

Tennessee Williams

Henrik Ibsen

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

Norway

Sweden

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

A Doll's House

A Dream Play

Miss Julie
4 Which composer's work is the title taken from?
Mozart

Wagner

Beethoven

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?
1908

1907

1905

1900
7 Where was it first produced?
The Swedish Theatre

The Intimate Theatre

The National Theatre

The Strindberg Theatre
8 Where does the play take place?
Stockholm

Hamburg

Gothenburg

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

The Scream

The Mona Lisa

Playing in the Waves
10 Who painted it?
Arnold Bocklin

Caravaggio

Edvard Munch

Sandro Botticelli
11 When was Strindberg born?
1855

1849

1872

1842
12 What literary movement is the play part of?
Modernism

Realism

Restoration

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

The Round Room

The Hyacinth Room

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

A bust of the king of Sweden

A white marble statue

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

The Colonel's wife

The Colonel

The Girl
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?
Begging for money

Painting the house

Talking to himself

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

The Milkmaid

The Girl

The Caretaker's Wife
19 Why is the Student underslept?
He helped people after the collapse of a house

He had nightmares

He was courting a young woman

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 the person who bankrupted the Student's father

He is his uncle

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?
15,000 crowns

12,000 crowns

17,000 crowns

18,000 crowns
23 What is the Old Man's last name?
Weber

Adell

Hummel

Arkenholtz
24 What is the Student studying?
Mathematics

Medicine

Law

Language
25 What is playing at the opera?
Aida

L'Elisir d'Amor

Le Nozze di Figaro

Valkyrie

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